This Classical Life

From Nick's love of the 'Daniel Craig of the choral classics' Bach's Christmas Oratorio, to Pat's championing of the backing group in an Ella Fitzgerald Christmas tune. Jess, of course, manages to find a David Bowie track even at Christmas and Johnny shares a Beach Boys hit that encapsulates the Christmases of touring musicians.

Playlist:

ELLA FITZGERALD: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

MORTEN LAURIDSEN: O Magnum mysterium [Chamber Choir of Europe/ Nicol Matt]

YAZOO: Only You

PROKOFIEV: Lietenant Kij退 Suite, op.60 - Troika [Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado]

WIZZARD: I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday

TRAD IRISH: The Wexford Carol [Susannah Vango (sop) Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore]

DAVID BOWIE/BING CROSBY Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

JS BACH: 'Herr, wenn die stolzen feinde schnauben' from Christmas Oratorio [Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor/Ren退 Jacobs]

THE BEACH BOYS: God Only Knows

Jess Gillam invites the Kings Singers for the This Classical Life Christmas Party.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Edinburgh-born Aaron trained at the Royal Academy of Music, and cites Louis Armstrong as his biggest musical influence. An ex-principal of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, he now combines playing in some of the UK's top orchestras with a career as a chamber and solo player, which has included a solo recital debut at this year's Lucerne Festival.

Playlist:

Mahler - Symphony No.5, 1st movement (Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez)

Poulenc - Les chemins de l'amour (Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud)

Jacob Collier ft. Daniel Caesar - Time Alone With You

Goat Rodeo Sessions (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile) - Quarter Chicken Dark

Prokofiev - Toccata Op.11 (Freddy Kempf)

Beyonc退 - Love On Top

Errollyn Wallen - Concerto Grosso, 1st movement (Chineke!)

Leif Vollebekk - Elegy

Jess Gillam meets the trumpeter Aaron Akugbo to share the music they love the most.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Cellist Abel Selaocoe offers Jess music by Biber, Britten and the Youngblood Brass Band.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess is joined by the cellist Abel Selaocoe, a member of the Manchester Collective whose performances take in everything from chamber music to beatboxing. He and share tracks including a radical interpretation of Biber's Battalia and another war-themed piece in Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, symphonies by Mozart and Penderecki, plus music by John Adams and the Youngblood Brass Band.

Cellist Abel Selaocoe offers Jess music by Biber, Britten and the Youngblood Brass Band.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Adam share music by Shostakovich, Debussy and 16th century music for recorder.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by Adam Szabo, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the innovative Manchester Collective. Their musical choices include a Shostakovich waltz, joyful ‘sunshine' recorder music by 16th century Spanish composer Diego Ortiz, piano music by Debussy, Gore瀀ki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs and their shared love, David Bowie.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Adam share music by Shostakovich, Debussy and 16th century music for recorder.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Alessandro Fisher is a former member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme, and a Kathleen Ferrier award winner: a versatile performer equally at home in baroque and romantic opera, or song. His choices today include barbershop quartet, brass band music, and the voice of Fritz Wunderlich. Jess has chosen music by Coleman Hawkins and multi-BRIT Award winner Raye.

Playlist:

Schubert: An die Musik, D 547 - Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hubert Gisen (piano)

Coleman Hawkins Quartet: Love Song from ‘Apache

Fucik: Florentiner March - Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Schubert: Wandrer's Nachtlied, D 768 - Kian Soltani (cello), Aaron Pilsan (piano)

Crossroads Barbershop Quartet: That Lucky Old Sun (just rolls around heaven all day)

Paul Mealor: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)

Alain Romans: Quel temps fait-il à Paris (M Hulot's Holiday)

Raye: Worth It

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and tenor Alessandro Fisher share the music they love, including Schubert, brass bands and Coleman Hawkins.

Tracks we listened to today...

Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi

The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Michael Riesman

Antonio Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus (mvt 1 nisi dominus)

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Goldfrapp - Lovely Head

Franz Schubert - Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano

Yevgeny Kissin (piano)

Ravel - Melodies Hebraiques, No1 Kaddisch

Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Raphael Wallfisch (conductor) BBC NOW

Mazzy Star - Fade into you

Duke Ellington - Nutcracker Suite; Overture

Francis Poulenc - Concerto for piano and orchestra; 1st movement; Allegretto

Alexandre Tharaud (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick N退zet-S退guin

Jess Gillam and composer Alex Baranowski swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and composer Alex Baranowski swap tracks and share the music they love, with Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi, Yevgeny Kissin playing Schubert, Goldfrapp and Mazzy Star.

Tracks we listened to today...

Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi

The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Michael Riesman

Antonio Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus (mvt 1 nisi dominus)

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Goldfrapp - Lovely Head

Franz Schubert - Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano

Yevgeny Kissin (piano)

Ravel - Melodies Hebraiques, No1 Kaddisch

Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Raphael Wallfisch (conductor) BBC NOW

Mazzy Star - Fade into you

Duke Ellington - Nutcracker Suite; Overture

Francis Poulenc - Concerto for piano and orchestra; 1st movement; Allegretto

Alexandre Tharaud (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick N退zet-S退guin

Jess Gillam and composer Alex Baranowski swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

John Adams - City Noir - I. The City and its Double (St Louis Symphony, David Robertson)

Leroy Anderson - The Waltzing Cat

Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings - Sonnet (Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, LSO, Benjamin Britten)

De Falla - Siete Canciones; I. El pano moruno (Arr. Efra퀀n Oscher) (Avi Avital)

Sondheim - Losing My Mind (from Follies) (Imelda Staunton)

David Maslanka - A Child's Garden of Dreams; I.There is a desert on the moon (Dallas Wind Symphony)

Voctave - Impossible Dream

Tom Waits - Take it With Me

Jess Gillam and composer Alex Woolf share some of the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we listened to...

Handel - Guilio Cesare: Act 3; Da Tempeste (Amanda Forsythe, Apollo's Fire, Jeanette Sorrell)

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

Elena Kats-Chernin - Memorial Rag (Gondwana Voices, Lyn Williams)

Janacek - Glagolitic Mass: VIII. Intrada (CBSO, Simon Rattle)

Andrew Bird - Pulaski at Night

Philip Glass - Glassworks: I. Opening (Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman)

Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, lyrics by Bert Kalmar - I wanna be loved by you (Marilyn Monroe, Matty Malneck and His Orchestra)

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concert No. 1: 1st mvt Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)

Jess Gillam and soprano Alexandra Oomens share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and soprano Alexandra Oomens share the music they love, including Handel, Janacek and Marilyn Monroe.

Today we listened to...

Handel - Guilio Cesare: Act 3; Da Tempeste (Amanda Forsythe, Apollo's Fire, Jeanette Sorrell)

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

Elena Kats-Chernin - Memorial Rag (Gondwana Voices, Lyn Williams)

Janacek - Glagolitic Mass: VIII. Intrada (CBSO, Simon Rattle)

Andrew Bird - Pulaski at Night

Philip Glass - Glassworks: I. Opening (Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman)

Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, lyrics by Bert Kalmar - I wanna be loved by you (Marilyn Monroe, Matty Malneck and His Orchestra)

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concert No. 1: 1st mvt Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)

Jess Gillam and soprano Alexandra Oomens share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Goat Rodeo - Hill Justice

Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C Minor, Op.110: II. Allegro Molto (Borodin Quartet)

Celeste - Strange

Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto, Op.67: II. Lento (Julian Bream & Melos Ensemble)

Glazunov - Chant du Menestrel (Rostropovich, Boston SO, Seiji Ozawa)

The Impossible Gentlemen - Clockmaker

Korngold - King's Row

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and guitarist Alexandra Whittingham share the music they love. With music including Goat Rodeo, Eric Whitacre, Celeste and Korngold.

Playlist:

Goat Rodeo - Hill Justice

Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C Minor, Op.110: II. Allegro Molto (Borodin Quartet)

Celeste - Strange

Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto, Op.67: II. Lento (Julian Bream & Melos Ensemble)

Glazunov - Chant du Menestrel (Rostropovich, Boston SO, Seiji Ozawa)

The Impossible Gentlemen - Clockmaker

Korngold - King's Row

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Here's the music we played today...

Bedrich Smetana - Ma vlast, Vltava [Moldau]

Kraja- Polska Till Rut

Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Oboe FP, 185; 1. Allegro

John Luther Adams - Become Ocean

Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer

Hildegard Von Bingen - Digiti Viriditas Dei

Steve Reich - Music for 18 musicians

John Tavener - The Protecting Veil

Jess and Alexia swap music including Hildegard Von Bingen and Smetana.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by composer and poet Alexia Sloane to swap music including John Luther Adams immersive Become Ocean, the sublime vocal harmonies of Kraja, Steve Reich's Music for 18 musicians, Smetana and a soul classic by Aretha Franklin.

Here's the music we played today...

Bedrich Smetana - Ma vlast, Vltava [Moldau]

Kraja- Polska Till Rut

Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Oboe FP, 185; 1. Allegro

John Luther Adams - Become Ocean

Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer

Hildegard Von Bingen - Digiti Viriditas Dei

Steve Reich - Music for 18 musicians

John Tavener - The Protecting Veil

Jess and Alexia swap music including Hildegard Von Bingen and Smetana.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto no.4 - 1st mvt (English Concert, Trevor Pinnock)

DAVID BOWIE: Dollar Days (from Blackstar)

MILES DAVIS: If I Were a Bell (Miles Davis Quintet)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances, op. 45 - No.1 {Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin)

PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango: Night Club 1960 (Astoria)

QUEEN: Love of my Life (from A Night at the Opera)

NINA SIMONE: Stars (Live at the Montreux Jazz festival)

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird - finale (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle)

Jess Gillam is joined by trumpeter Alison Balsom, live from the Hay Festival.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No 2 - Dance 2 [Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky]

Bj怀rk- Army of Me

Mendelssohn - Cello Sonata No.2 in D Major, Op. 58: I. Allegro assai vivace [Steven Isserlis - cello, Melvyn Tan - piano]

Joesef - Comedown

Josef Suk - Serenade for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 6: IV. Allegro [Vienna Philharmonic, Clemens Krauss]

Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime

Icelandic Folk Song - Sleep for Mama (Vikingur Olafsson - piano)

Fredrik Lindborg - Danny's Dream

Jess Gillam and cellist Amalie Stalheim chat about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Amy share music from Bernstein to Vivaldi, Miles Davis and Caroline Shaw.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam presents her new show, with the bassoonist Amy Harman, principal bassoon with Aurora Orchestra and English National Opera. Their music ranges from Bernstein's Candide Overture to music by Handel and Vivaldi, some classic Miles Davis and new music by Caroline Shaw.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Amy share music from Bernstein to Vivaldi, Miles Davis and Caroline Shaw.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and classical guitarist Andrey Lebedev swap music from Brahms to Mason Bates.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in D major, RV211, 3rd movement (Nicola Benedetti, Benedetti Baroque Orchestra)

Supertramp - The Logical Song

Bonobo / O'Flynn - Otomo (from album Fragments)

Silvestrov - Christmas Lullabies, No.2: Quiet Night (Latvian Radio Choir)

Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade (Barbara Hannigan, LUDWIG)

Saint-Saens - Danse macabre, Op. 40 (arr. Lemare) (Olivier Latry, organ of Paris Philharmonie)

Otis Reading - Try a Little Tenderness

Anna Lapwood joins Jess for a New Year's Eve listening party.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Music we listened to today...

Sibelius - Finlandia (CBSO, Sakari Oramo)

Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium (ORA Singers, Suzi Digby)

Karl Jenkins - Over The Stone: Double Harp Concerto (Catrin Finch)

Carole King - You've Got a Friend

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus Op.61; 3rd mvt; Swans migrating (Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska)

Afro Celt Sound System - Whirl-y-Reel #2

Ravel - Ma mere l'oye, cinq pieces enfantines V. Le Jardin feerique (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin)

Jess Gillam chats with harpist Anne Denholm about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam talks to harpist Anne Denholm about the music they love. With epic Finnish grandeur from Sibelius and Rautavaara, a genre-blurring concerto by Gabriel Prokofiev and the simple beauty of Carole King's You've Got a Friend.

Music we listened to today...

Sibelius - Finlandia (CBSO, Sakari Oramo)

Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium (ORA Singers, Suzi Digby)

Karl Jenkins - Over The Stone: Double Harp Concerto (Catrin Finch)

Carole King - You've Got a Friend

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus Op.61; 3rd mvt; Swans migrating (Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska)

Afro Celt Sound System - Whirl-y-Reel #2

Ravel - Ma mere l'oye, cinq pieces enfantines V. Le Jardin feerique (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin)

Jess Gillam chats with harpist Anne Denholm about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Anne Sofie is one of classical music's most celebrated singers with a huge back catalogue of recordings, and she's also known for her huge versatility and musical curiosity working with artists from conductors Claudio Abbado and Giuseppe Sinopoli to Elvis Costello, Brad Mehldau and Rufus Wainwright.

Today though she's listening to other people's recordings, as she and Jess sat down together to listen to a Janacek fanfare and a headphone blasting piece of Verdi. Jess picks a Nina Simone track that left them both speechless, while Anne Sofie brought along a ravishing piece by Rameau and (quite literally) turned up the volume on a barnstorming Beyonc退 track.

Playlist:

JANACEK: Sinfonietta, 1st mvt 'Sokol Fanfare' [Vienna Philharmonic, Charles Mackerras (conductor)]

JӀHANN JӀHANNSSON: Good Night, Day [Hildur Gu

Playlist:

Errollyn Wallen - Concerto Grosso: 1st mvt (Tai Murray, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Chineke!, Anthony Parnther)

Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow (The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anna Lapwood)

The Abyssinians - Declaration of Rights

Samuel Barber - Adagio for strings (New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein)

Lucio Berio - Sinfonia: iii. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (London Voices, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eotvos)

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10: 2nd mvt (Liverpool Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko)

Jill Scott - Slowly, Surely

Jess Gillam talks to singer and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam talks to singer, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson about the music they love including Errollyn Wallen, Jill Scott, Barber, and Berio.

Playlist:

Errollyn Wallen - Concerto Grosso: 1st mvt (Tai Murray, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Chineke!, Anthony Parnther)

Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow (The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anna Lapwood)

The Abyssinians - Declaration of Rights

Samuel Barber - Adagio for strings (New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein)

Lucio Berio - Sinfonia: iii. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (London Voices, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eotvos)

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10: 2nd mvt (Liverpool Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko)

Jill Scott - Slowly, Surely

Jess Gillam talks to singer and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by composer and pianist AyseDeniz Gokcin.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and her guest Bartosz Glowacki listen to music by Piazzolla, Chopin and Gubaidulina.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Belle share music by Korngold and Sibelius, John Cage and Aphex Twin.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam presents her new show, with the former BBC Introducing pianist and sound artist Belle Chen, and their 30-minute musical journey includes Korngold's Violin Concerto, music for prepared piano by John Cage and Aphex Twin, Sibelius' 7th Symphony and Herbie Hancock playing Ravel.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Belle share music by Korngold and Sibelius, John Cage and Aphex Twin.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Janacek - Sinfonietta, first movement (Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra)

Pink Floyd - The Great gig in the Sky

Beethoven - Violin Concerto, 2nd movement (Isabelle Faust (violin) Prague Philharmonia)

Miles Davis - Generique

Haydn - Symphony no. 31 in D Major, first movement (Academy of Ancient Music)

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Good Morning Midnight (Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Anthony Weeden, Jóhann Jóhannsson)

Elton John – Rocket Man

Elgar – Sea Pictures, Op. 37 IV. Where Corals Lie (Janet Baker)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and horn player Ben Goldscheider share the music they love. With music including Janacek, Haydn, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd and Elton John.

Jess Gillam and horn player Ben Goldscheider share the music they love. Today we have some big, bold and brassy music, in the form of Janacek's Sinfonietta and Haydn's ‘Hornsignal' symphony, the calm and space of J　hann J　hannsson's ‘Good morning Midnight', and then we are taken up to space by Elton John then to the bottom of the Sea by Elgar.

J　hann J　hannsson - Good Morning Midnight (Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Anthony Weeden, J　hann J　hannsson)

Elton John - Rocket Man

Elgar - Sea Pictures, Op. 37 IV. Where Corals Lie (Janet Baker)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played -

Copland – Appalachian Spring: Allegro (Leonard Bernstein, New York Phil)

Erroll Garner - Misty (Johnny Mathis)

Pulp – Common People

Verdi – Don Carlos: O Carlo, ascolta from Act IV Scene 2 (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, BBC Welsh SO, Richard Armstrong, recorded at 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World final)

Interpol – Untitled (from Turn on the Bright Lights)

John Rutter – What sweeter music (Choir of King's College Cambridge Stephen Cleobury, Robert Quinney (organ)

Lani Alo – Alo i ou faiva (Lani Alo and Livingston Efu)

Poulenc – Double Piano Concerto in D Minor: III. Finale (Mischa Cheung and Yulia Miloslavaskaya (pianos), Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra, Sergey Simakov)

Jess Gillam and baritone Benson Wilson share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Verdi – Don Carlos: 'O Carlo, ascolta' from Act IV Scene 2 (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, BBC Welsh SO, Richard Armstrong, recorded at 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World final)

Playlist:

RAVI SHANKAR/PHILIP GLASS: Prashanti

TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA: O Magnum Mysterium [Voces8]

STRAVINSKY - Petrushka - Tableau 1 Fete Populaire de la semaine grasse [Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (cond)]

ROGER WEBB: Moonbird (Heaven and Hell)

MEREDITH MONK: Atlas Part 3 - Invisible Light: Earth Seen from Above

HOLST: The Planets - Mars [London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (cond)]

BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND: La Vita

COSMO SHELDRAKE: Cuckoo Song

Jess Gillam and singer and composer Bishi swap their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

HAYDN - String Quartet, op.33 no 2 ‘The Joke' 1st mvt Allegro Moderato [London Haydn Players]

ETTA JAMES - At Last

RACHMANINOV - Symphony no 2 - 3rd mvt ‘Adagio' [London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (cond)]

JOSEPH ACHRON - Hebrew Melody, op.33 [Josef Hassid (violin), Gerald Moore (piano)]

MONTEVERDI, arr. Pluhar - Zefiro Torna, SV251 [Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Nuria Rial (soprano), l'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (director)]

THE MELODIANS: Rivers of Babylon

TRAD: Ku-Isa Tama Laug [David Darling (cello), The Wulu Bunun]

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D, op.61 - 3rd mvt [Itzhak Perlman (violin), Berlin Philharmonic/Daniel Barenboim (conductor)]

Jess Gillam and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason swap some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67; I. Allegro con brio (London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati)

Sophie Hutchings - Elysian Days

Alegros Gramma - Mousaka Bari Bari (Traditional Gnawa)

Haydn - Concerto no. 1 in C major H.7b.1; III. Allegro molto (Sol Gabetta (cello), Kammerorchester Basel, Sergio Ciomei)

Portishead - Roads

Ravel - Jeux d'eau, M.30 (Martha Argerich - piano)

Chick Corea - Spain

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 In C minor Op.18; II. Adagio sostenuto (Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Puccini - Overture from Madame Butterfly [Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede]

De Visee - Sarabande from Pieces for lute, Suite No.7 [Thomas Dunford, Jean Rondeau]

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Lera Auerbach - T'filah (Prayer) for solo violin [Vadim Glutzman]

Schubert - String Quartet No.15 in G, 1st movement [Hagen Quartet]

John Ireland - Fantasy Sonata [Michael Collins, Michael McHale]

Alex Turner - Piledriver waltz

Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F major 'Pastoral', final movement [Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti]

Jess Gillam and cellist Bruno Philippe share some of their favourite music

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphony in E-flat Major Wq. 179 - 1. Prestissimo [Akademie für Alte Ausik Berlin]

Broadcast - Colour Me In

Lili Boulanger - D'Un Jardin Clair [ɀmile Naoumoff - piano]

Charles Ives - 3 Places in New England - The Housatonic at Stockbridge [Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon]

Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin

Olivier Messiaen - O Sacrum Comvivium [Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom]

Matt Maltese - As the World Caves In

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor `Resurrection`; V. Mit Aufschung - [Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Kate Royal, Magdalena Kozena]

Jess Gillam and composer C Duncan share the tracks they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Violinist Callum plays Jess some classic Michael Brecker.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Philip Glass - Funeral of Amenhotep (from Akhnaten) [Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Karen Kamensek, Zachary James]

Bach - Sonata for Violin and Keyboard No.3 in E Major, BWV 1016; 3rd movement [Renaud Capu瀀on (violin), David Fray (piano)]

Quincy Jones - Happy Feet (from the movie Walk, Don't Run)

Traditional - The Butcher's Boy [Kronos Quartet, Natalie Merchant]

Gabriela Lena Frank - Leyendas, `An Andean Walkabout` - mvt. 2 Tarqueada [Chiara Quartet]

Fanny Mendelssohn - Das Jahr - June [Liana Serbescu (piano)]

Earth Wind and Fire - Can't Let Go

Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43; 2nd Movement [New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein]

Jess Gillam is joined by composer Carlos Simon to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and violinist Caroline Pether share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Clara Schumann: 3 Romances Op. 22 No. 3 [Elena Urioste - violin, Isata Kanneh-Mason - piano]

Mark Guiliana - a path to bliss

Scott Joplin - Bethena [Randy Kerber - piano]

Sarah Vaughan - Tenderly

Josquin des Prez - Mille regretz [Hilliard Ensemble]

Stanley Myers - Saxophone Concerto [John Harle, Argo Symphony Orchestra, James Judd]

Kae Tempest - People's Faces

Schubert - Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, D.571 (Fragment) [Andras Schiff - piano]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Heiner Goebbels - Suite for Sampler and Orchestra: Courante (Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Peter Rundel)

Louise Farrenc - Nonet in E flat major Op.38 for chamber ensemble: 3rd mvt; Scherzo vivace (Consortium Classicum)

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, Op. 55; IV. Larghetto (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda)

Dinah Washington - This Bitter Earth

Empirical - The Simple Light Shines The Brightest

Anna Thorvaldsdottir - In the Light of Air; III. Existence (International Contemporary Ensemble)

Toru Takemitsu - Litany: II. Lento misterioso (Kotaro Fukuma, piano)

Michael Nyman - Prosperos Magic (from Prosperos Books)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Cécile is a 3 time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and her music shows off her passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. She spoke to Jess ahead of her show at London Jazz Festival 2023 and picked some of her favourite voices from Maria Callas singing Puccini to flamenco star Camarón de la Isla and an air de cour by Gabriel Bataille.

Jess brought along a string quartet by Caroline Shaw, a Hollywood inflected Concerto by Korngold and the most beautiful of songs by Aretha Franklin

PLAYLIST:

GABRIEL BATAILLE: Sortés soupirs témoins de mon mártire [Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Annie Dufresne (soprano)]

CAROLINE SHAW: Plan & Elevation – v. The Beech Tree [Attacca Quartet]

WANDA JACKSON: Funnel of Love

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto, op.35 – 1st mvt [James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (cond)]

ARETHA FRANKLIN: Ain't No Way

PUCCINI: La bohème, Act 4 “Sono andati ? [Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto (cond)]

POULENC: Stabat Mater – i. Stabat Mater dolorosa [Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National SO, Daniel Reuss (cond)]

CAMARON DE LA ISLA: Yo vivo enamorao (Tangos) [Camaron De La Isla (singer), Paco De Lucía (guitar)]

Jess Gillam meets jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant to swap their favourite music

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam meets jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant to swap favourite music, including Aretha Franklin, Caroline Shaw, Maria Callas singing Puccini and Cameron De La Isla

PUCCINI: La bohème, Act 4 “Sono andati ? [Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto (cond)]

Jess Gillam meets the jazz singer C退cile McLorin Salvant to swap some of their favourite music.

C退cile is a three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and her music shows off her passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. She spoke to Jess ahead of her show at London Jazz Festival 2023 and picked some of her favourite voices from Maria Callas singing Puccini to flamenco star Cameron De La Isla and an air de cour by Gabriel Bataille.

GABRIEL BATAILLE: Sort退s soupirs t退moins de mon mကrtire [Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Annie Dufresne (soprano)]

CAROLINE SHAW: Plan & Elevation - v. The Beech Tree [Attacca Quartet]

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto, op.35 - 1st mvt [James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (cond)]

PUCCINI: La boh耀me, Act 4 `Sono andati` [Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto (cond)]

POULENC: Stabat Mater - i. Stabat Mater dolorosa [Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National SO, Daniel Reuss (cond)]

CAMARON DE LA ISLA: Yo vivo enamorao (Tangos) [Camaron De La Isla (singer), Paco De Luc퀀a (guitar)]

Jess Gillam meets jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant to swap their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and Cecilia swap music from Verdi and Prokofiev to Mica Levi and Nino Rota.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Edvard Grieg - Holberg suite Op.40 vers. for string orchestra: Praeludium (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi)

Pierne - Impromptu Caprice (Marisa Robles - harp)

Polar Bear - Peepers

Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral March (Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer)

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air

Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations from Afro-Harping

Allegri - Miserere (Tallis Scholars)

John Williams - Jurassic Park theme

Jess Gillam and harpist Cecilia De Maria share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and harpist Cecilia De Maria share the music they love, with Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air, Grieg's Holberg suite, new jazz sounds from Polar Bear, Dorothy Ashby's Soul Vibrations from Afro-Harping and classic film theme by John Williams.

Playlist:

Edvard Grieg - Holberg suite Op.40 vers. for string orchestra: Praeludium (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi)

Pierne - Impromptu Caprice (Marisa Robles - harp)

Polar Bear - Peepers

Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral March (Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer)

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air

Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations from Afro-Harping

Allegri - Miserere (Tallis Scholars)

John Williams - Jurassic Park theme

Jess Gillam and harpist Cecilia De Maria share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Tracks we played today...

Gabriel Prokofiev - Saxophone Concerto: IV. Allegro Mechanico

Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, no.1: Modere

Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite

John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places: II. Maclaren Summit

Ivy Benson - Lover

Anders Hillborg - Sirens

Caoimh퀀n Ӏ Raghallaigh - What, What, What

Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1, 3rd movement

Jess Gillam is joined by Charlotte Harding to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by Ivor Novello award winning composer and fellow saxophonist Charlotte Harding to swap tracks, including two saxophone greats - Branford Marsalis and Ivy Benson, other worldly textures from John Luther Adams and Anders Hillborg, and two generations of Prokofievs.

Tracks we played today...

Gabriel Prokofiev - Saxophone Concerto: IV. Allegro Mechanico

Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, no.1: Modere

Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite

John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places: II. Maclaren Summit

Ivy Benson - Lover

Anders Hillborg - Sirens

Caoimh퀀n Ӏ Raghallaigh - What, What, What

Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1, 3rd movement

Jess Gillam is joined by Charlotte Harding to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Khachaturian - Masquerade - Ballet Suite: 1. Waltz [London Symphony Orchestra, Stanley Black]

Mozart - Cos쀀 fan tutte: 'Soave sia il vento' [V退ronique Gens (soloist), Pietro Spagnoli (soloist), Bernarda Fink (soloist), Concerto K怀ln, Ren退 Jacobs]

Isobel Waller-Bridge - Illuminations

Billie Holiday - Blue Moon

Modest Mussorgsky - A Night On The Bare Mountain [Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado]

Rameau - Les Indes Galantes Ouverture [Jordi Savall, Le Concert Des Nations]

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On

Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: No. 29c Adagio [The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Ermler]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux swap their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Meredith Monk - The Games: Spaceship (Arr. M Gordon for Chamber Ensemble) [Bang On A Can All-Stars]

Telemann - Sonata TWV 41:f1 in F minor; I. Triste [Frans Bruggen (recorder), Anner Bylsma (cello) Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)]

Lee Scratch Perry - Blackboard Jungle Dub

Miklos Rozsa - Spellbound [LSO, John Williams]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm (Excerpt)

Eydis Evensen - Brotin

Alfred Schnittke - Requiem aeternam [Eric Ericsons Kammark怀r, Radiok怀ren, Conductor - T倀nu Kaljuste]

Eric Whitacre - October [Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Band, Stephen Gage]

Jess Gillam chats to composer Claire M Singer about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Rodrigo arr. Gil Evans - Concierto de Aranjuez [Miles Davis]

JS Bach arr. Siloti - Prelude (BWV.855a), transc. for piano in B minor (orig. in E minor, '48' no.10) [Vikingur Olafsson]

Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira

Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 - III Allegro molto [Sakari Oramo, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]

Britten - Friday afternoons Op.7 for children's voices and piano: Cuckoo! [Choir of Downside School, Purley, Viola Tunnard]

Bremer/McCoy - Drommer

Tallis - Spem in alium for 40 voices [Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips]

Courtney Pine - Haiti

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

R. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic)

Janacek - String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' (Emersen String Quartet)

David Bowie - Lazarus

Arvo Part - Fratres (Ursula Schoch, Marcel Worms)

Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor (Heinz Holliger, I Musici)

Hiatus Kaiyote - Nakamarra

Scriabin - Piano Sonata No.5 in F Sharp Major (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

Barber - Sure On This Shining Night (Allan Clayton with Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon)

Jess Gillam and violinist Courtenay Cleary share some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Track we played today...

Thomas Ades - In Seven Days: iv. Stars - Sun - Moon

Nicolas Hodges (piano) London Sinfonietta, Thomas Ades

Toshio Hosokawa - Japanese folksongs: no.2; Itsuki no komori uta (Lullaby of Itsuki)

Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Christian Rivet (guitar)

Steve Reich - Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings: I. Fast

London Sinfonietta, Alan Pierson

Anna Thorvaldsdottir - In The Light of Air (Existence)

International Contemporary Ensemble

Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 73; III. Rasch und mit Feuer

Sol Gabetta (cello) H退l耀ne Grimaud (piano)

Fats Waller - Two Sleepy People

Rae Morris - Do it (Acoustic Version)

Satie - 3 Gymnopedies for piano, no.1 in D major;

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Dani Howard to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Dani Howard, and between them they swap music by Thomas Ad耀s, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Fats Waller.

Track we played today...

Thomas Ades - In Seven Days: iv. Stars - Sun - Moon

Nicolas Hodges (piano) London Sinfonietta, Thomas Ades

Toshio Hosokawa - Japanese folksongs: no.2; Itsuki no komori uta (Lullaby of Itsuki)

Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Christian Rivet (guitar)

Steve Reich - Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings: I. Fast

London Sinfonietta, Alan Pierson

Anna Thorvaldsdottir - In The Light of Air (Existence)

International Contemporary Ensemble

Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 73; III. Rasch und mit Feuer

Sol Gabetta (cello) H退l耀ne Grimaud (piano)

Fats Waller - Two Sleepy People

Rae Morris - Do it (Acoustic Version)

Satie - 3 Gymnopedies for piano, no.1 in D major;

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Dani Howard to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Daniel's choices include a string quartet by Thomas Ad耀s, a song by My Bloody Valentine, and the crazy cabaret of HK Gruber; Jess brings lush orchestral scores by Prokofiev and Sibelius, and a souful song from Lorraine Ellison.

Playlist:

DANIEL ELMS: Consolations in travel [BBC Concert Orchestra/Robert Ames]

THOMAS ADES: Arcadiana - VI: 'O Albion' [Endellion String Quartet]

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet: Act 3, XLVII: Juliet alone [Oslo Philharmonic/Vassily Petrenko]

MY BLOODY VALENTINE: Sometimes

DONNY McASLIN: Body blow

HK GRUBER: Frankenstein!! - Rat song and Crusoe song [BBC Philharmonic/HK Gruber]

SIBELIUS: The Bard [Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi]

KITAMURA MASASHI & PHONOGENIX: 'Variation III

LORRAINE ELLISON: Stay with me, baby

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and Daniel Pioro share some of their favourite music

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and flautist Daniel Shao play each other their current favourite music. Daniel is a versatile musician, at home in the classical repertory with a number of leading orchestras, or performing contemporary music and exploring his Chinese heritage with the group Tangram. Daniel's choices include Britten, Whitney Houston, and music for the flute by Ibert.

Today's choices:

Britten - Dawn from 4 Sea Interludes (BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner)
Gluck - Dance of the Furies from Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-On
Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren
Ibert - Flute concerto, 2nd mvt (Clara Andrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Jaime Martín)
Hildegard of Bingen - Ancient Suite (Martin Fröst, The Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir)
Whitney Houston - Didn't we almost have it all
Cleo Sol - 23

Jess Gillam meets flautist Daniel Shao, and they share their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today's choices:

Britten - Dawn from 4 Sea Interludes (BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner)

Gluck - Dance of the Furies from Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)

Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-On

Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren

Ibert - Flute concerto, 2nd mvt (Clara Andrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Jaime Martín)

Hildegard of Bingen - Ancient Suite (Martin Fröst, The Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir)

Whitney Houston - Didn't we almost have it all

Cleo Sol - 23

Jess Gillam meets flautist Daniel Shao, and they share their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and flautist Daniel Shao play each other their current favourite music, including Britten, Hildegard of Bingen, Whitney Houston and music for flute by Ibert.

Playlist:

Debussy: Danse profane for harp & orchestra

Tessa Lark: Jig and Pop

Cyrille Aim退e: It's a Good Day

Vega Trails: Love Your Grace

Avner Dorman: Frozen in Time (Indoafrica & Eurasia)

Julius Klengel: Hymnus

Fabiano do Nascimento: Forro Brasil

Jack Hylton & His Orchestra: Life is just a bowl of cherries

Jess Gillam and percussionist Delia Stevens share some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Duncan grew up in Kent and got his big conducting break when Simon Rattle created a position for him at the Berlin Philharmonic. He's now chief conductor of the South Netherlands Philharmonic and works with orchestras all over the world from the Met Opera to Staatskapelle Dresden to new music specialists Ensemble Modern.

His music picks include Mahler's epic First Symphony, a tearjerker from Cabaret and a track by Miriam Makeba which is extremely close to his heart. Meanwhile Jess has sparkling music for marimba by Dobrinka Tabakova, a cheeky Shostakovich violin piece and a little bit of glam rock courtesy of Mott the Hoople.

Playlist:

SHOSTAKOVICH - 5 Pieces for two violins and piano (Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin (violins), Itamar Golan (piano)]

MIRIAM MAKEBA: Emabhaceni

MAHLER: Symphony no 1 in D major - 4th mvt [Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)]

MOTT THE HOOPLE: All the Young Dudes

ANNA CLYNE: DANCE - i. When you're broken open [Inbal Segev (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)]

KANDER/EBB - Maybe this Time (from Cabaret) [Jessie Buckley, 2021 London Cast Recording]

DOBRINKA TABAKOVA: Desert Swimmers [Joby Burgess (marimba)]

LILI BOULANGER: Vielle priere bouddhique [Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)]

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with conductor Duncan Ward.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Debussy - Suite bergamasque for piano: Clair de lune

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Offenbach - Harmonies des bois, Op. 76; No. 3 Les Larmes de Jacqueline

Mischa Maisky (cello), Dania Hovora (piano)

Abdullah Ibrahim - Ishmael

Abdullah Ibrahim (soprano saxophone), Cecil McBee (double bass), Roy Brooks (drums)

Serge Reggiani - Ma fille

Bremer/McCoy - Ordet

Rachmaninov - Suite No 1 op 5 Fantaisie Tableaux, Barcarolle

Martha Argerich, Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano)

Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64; II. Andante cantabile -

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and violinist Elena Urioste share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Tracks we played today...

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus; Overture (Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic)

John Cage - Dream

Britten/Pears - Down by the Salley Gardens

Julia Wolfe - Fire in My mouth: ii. Factory

Jacob Collier - Fascinating Rhythm

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz - Violin Concerto in A Major Op. 8; Finale: Vivace assai

Molly Drake - I Remember

Oscar Peterson - The Bach Suite: Allegro (live)

Jess Gillam is joined by Elisabeth Brauss to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Elisabeth Brauss to swap tracks and share the music they love. With music from Benjamin Britten to Oscar Peterson.

Tracks we played today...

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus; Overture (Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic)

John Cage - Dream

Britten/Pears - Down by the Salley Gardens

Julia Wolfe - Fire in My mouth: ii. Factory

Jacob Collier - Fascinating Rhythm

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz - Violin Concerto in A Major Op. 8; Finale: Vivace assai

Molly Drake - I Remember

Oscar Peterson - The Bach Suite: Allegro (live)

Jess Gillam is joined by Elisabeth Brauss to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Anna Meredith - Sawbones

Johann Christian Bach - Sonata No.5 in A Major, Op. 17, No. 5: I. Allegro [Daniil Trifonov, piano]

Elizabeth Maconchy - Quartet for strings no. 1, 1st movement; Allegro feroce [Hanson String Quartet]

Jungle - Keep Moving

Howard Skempton - Lento [BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth]

Alberto Iglesias - Los Vestidos Desgarrados

Flora Purim - This Is Me

Luke Howard - Portrait Gallery

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Prokofiev - Symphony no. 1 (Op.25) in D major 'Classical', 4th movement; Molto vivace

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain

Gordon, Lang and Wolfe - Shelter: Before I Enter

Caroline Shaw (vocals), Martha Cluver (vocals), Mellissa Hughes (vocals), Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman

Ella Fitzgerald - Misty

George Benjamin - Written on Skin - Part one, scene 6

Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin

Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin and John

Bach - Double Violin concerto in D minor - 3. Allegro

Isabelle Faust, Akademie fur Alte Musik

Beethoven - Last string quartet, version for String orchestra; III. Lento assai - cantante e tranquillo

Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic

Jess Gillam and soprano Ella Taylor share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and soprano Ella Taylor have a ‘virtual' listening party, with music from Prokofiev, Ella Fitzgerald, Bach and Ella's favourite track by their favourite band tUnE-yArDs.

Playlist:

Prokofiev - Symphony no. 1 (Op.25) in D major 'Classical', 4th movement; Molto vivace

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain

Gordon, Lang and Wolfe - Shelter: Before I Enter

Caroline Shaw (vocals), Martha Cluver (vocals), Mellissa Hughes (vocals), Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman

Ella Fitzgerald - Misty

George Benjamin - Written on Skin - Part one, scene 6

Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin

Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin and John

Bach - Double Violin concerto in D minor - 3. Allegro

Isabelle Faust, Akademie fur Alte Musik

Beethoven - Last string quartet, version for String orchestra; III. Lento assai - cantante e tranquillo

Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic

Jess Gillam and soprano Ella Taylor share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess brings along the majesty of Mozart's Requiem, some lunar insanity on the theremin and a cracker of a song by Bettye Swann.

Playlist:

FLORENCE PRICE: Clouds [Lara Downes (piano)]

HARRY REVEL: Lunar Rhapsody (from Music Out of the Moon) [Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman (theremin), Vocal Group and Orchestra/Les Baxter (bandleader)]

TIGRAN HAMASYAN: The Dream Voyager

MOZART: Requiem in D minor - Sequentia - Lachrimosa [Swedish Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado]

LILI BOULANGER: Nocturne [Janine Jansen (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)]

BETTYE SWANN: Tell it Like it Is

GEORGE ANTHEIL: Over the Plains [BBC Philharmonic/John Storgards]

LITTLE SIMZ: Woman

Jess Gillam and violinist Ellie Consta share some of the music they love the most.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Mozart - Requiem in D minor K.626; Kyrie + Dies irae (English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner)

Steve Reich - Tehillim: I. Psalm 19:2-5 (Alarm Will Sound)

Eugen Cicero - Solfeggio in C minor by C.P.E. Bach (Wq 117 No. 2, H220)

La Boheme; Act 1 ‘Si Mi chiamano Mimi' (Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia)

Isobel Waller-Bridge - September

Warsaw Village Band - Musicians Are a Playin

Louis Armstrong - We have all the time in the world

Bax - Tintagel (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vanska)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and percussionist Elsa Bradley chat about the music they love. Featuring the drama of Mozart's Requiem in D minor, Eugen Cicero injecting some caffeine into CPE Bach's Solfeggio, Arnold Bax's majestic symphonic poem Tintagel. Plus Elsa goes wild in a field, or maybe just her kitchen, to the Warsaw Village Band, and we have a miniature moment of calm from Isobel Waller-Bridge.

Playlist:

Mozart - Requiem in D minor K.626; Kyrie + Dies irae (English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner)

Steve Reich - Tehillim: I. Psalm 19:2-5 (Alarm Will Sound)

Eugen Cicero - Solfeggio in C minor by C.P.E. Bach (Wq 117 No. 2, H220)

La Boheme; Act 1 ‘Si Mi chiamano Mimi' (Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia)

Isobel Waller-Bridge - September

Warsaw Village Band - Musicians Are a Playin

Louis Armstrong - We have all the time in the world

Bax - Tintagel (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vanska)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Janacek - Prelude to The Cunning Little Vixen [Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras]

Odetta - Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Tose Proeski - Zajdi, Zajdi

Telemann - Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G2; I. Andante [Andrius Puskunigis, St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus]

Janelle Monáe - Neon Valley Street

Bartok - Divertimento for Strings; III. Allegro assai [Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe]

Mara Carlyle – Pianni

J.S Bach - Partita in C minor, BWV 997; III. Sarabande [Sean Shibe]

Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska share the music they love, including Janelle Monáe, Sean Shibe playing Bach and voices of Mara Carlyle and Odetta.

Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska share the music they love, including a traditional Macedonian folk song, Janelle Monကe's sci-fi concept album The Arch Android, a sublime Bach partita in the hands of guitarist Sean Shibe and the beautiful voices of Mara Carlyle and Odetta.

Janelle Monကe - Neon Valley Street

Mara Carlyle - Pianni

Playlist:

Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60; IV Troika (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi)

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Danny Elfman - What's This?

Ella Fitzgerald - The Secret of Christmas

Philip Lawson - Lullay My Liking (The King's Singers)

Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christopher Bell)

Gustav Holst (Arr. Gjeilo) - In the Bleak Midwinter (Voces8)

Jacob Collier - In the Bleak Midwinter

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)

Jess Gillam and composer Eric Whitacre share their favourite Christmas music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin; I. Prelude [Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez]

Boards of Canada - Zoetrope

CPE Bach - Sonata In A Minor For Oboe Solo Wq. 132: I Poco Adagio [Branford Marsalis]

Ennio Morricone - Se telefonando [Mina]

Florence Price - Adoration [Randall Goosby]

Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness

The Pixies - Where is my Mind?

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending [Daniel Pioro]

Jess Gillam and composer Erland Cooper share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Jonny Greenwood - House of Woodcock (from the Phantom Threads OST)

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 - 2nd mvt

[Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz (conductor)]

Jarvis Cocker - Aline

Faure - Chanson d'amour, op.27 no.1

[Barbara Bonney (soprano), Warren Jones (piano)]

William Bell - Tribute to a King

Rachel Portman - Main title from 'Chocolat

Christian Sinding - Rustle of Spring, op.32 no.3

[Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)]

Ibrahim Maalouf - Lily will Soon Be a Woman (live)

Jess Gillam and violinist Esther Abrami swap playlists of tunes they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played:

Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a 'Tu del Ciel ministro eletto' (Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini)

Max Richter: moth-like stars Pt. 14 (Max Richter (piano), Ben Russell (violin), Yuki Numata (violin), Caleb Burhans (viola), Clarice Jensen (cello), Brian Snow (cello))

Rodriguez: Crucify your mind

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 oboes in D minor RV 535 (John Abberger and Washington McClain (oboes), Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon)

Josephine Baker: J'ai deux amours

Gnarls Barkley: Crazy

Dvorak: Rondo Op. 94 (Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), BBC SO, Jiri Belohlavek)

Jess Gillam talks to cellist Eve-Marie Caravassilis about the music that the love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe, M. 57; Introduction [New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez]

@ngel Gregorio Villoldos - Ad Ay Sa'ab (El Choclo) [Fatma Said, Quinteto @ngel]

Elliott Smith - Between the Bars

Massenet - Manon, Act 5: Ah des Grieux ! O Manon ! [Angela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Des Grieux), Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano]

Haydn - Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob.I.44 ‘Mourning'- IV. Finale (presto) [The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock]

Jane Morgan - If Only I Could Live My Live Again

Dhafer Youssef - Birds Canticum - 'Birds Requiem' Suite

Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54; I. Allegro affettuoso [Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky]

Jess is joined by soprano Fatma Said for a listening party of the music they love the most

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K. 495; III. Rondo, Allegro vivace [Hermann Baumann (horn), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukermann]

Piazzolla - Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - Verano Porteno

The Police - Every Breath You Take

Prokofiev - Autumnal Sketch [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits]

Kate Bush - Pi

Sidney Bechet - Petite Fleur

Saint-Saens - Romance in F major, Op. 36 R. 195 [Mischa Maisky (cello), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]

Olafur Arnalds - Respite

Jess Gillam and horn player Felix Klieser share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Here's what we played this episode...

Leonard Bernstein - Mambo from West Side Story

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor (Scherzo)

Nils Frahm - Ambre from Wintermusik

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

Gustav Holst - The Planets - suite Op.32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Fryderyk Chopin - Polonaise op 53 'Heroic

Kate Bush - This Woman's Work

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 7 (last movement)

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Fiachra Garvey to swap and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and pianist Fiachra Garvey swap the music they love, including Bernstein that makes them both want to dance, Holst's joyful Jupiter from The Planets and Fiachra embraces his Irish roots with Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar.

Here's what we played this episode...

Leonard Bernstein - Mambo from West Side Story

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor (Scherzo)

Nils Frahm - Ambre from Wintermusik

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

Gustav Holst - The Planets - suite Op.32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Fryderyk Chopin - Polonaise op 53 'Heroic

Kate Bush - This Woman's Work

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 7 (last movement)

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Fiachra Garvey to swap and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Singaporean-British mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron sings everything from opera to chamber music, from the baroque to the contemporary. She is mentored by Barbara Hannigan and has performed with LSO, Czech Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony. She joins Jess ahead of performing Freya Waley-Cohen's Spell Book with Manchester Collective in London. Her music choices include a contralto version of Schubert's Winterreise, a traditional Uyghur folk song, and a toe-tapping melody from the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Jess brings along 'stadium jazz' from saxophonist Donny McCaslin, elegant incidental music from Purcell, and a joyful explosion of sound from indie band Villagers.

PLAYLIST:

HENRY PURCELL – Abdelazer Z 570 (2nd mvt, Rondeau) [Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner]

COLE PORTER - Too Darn Hot (Kiss Me, Kate) [2019 Broadway Cast Recording]

OLIVIER MESSIAEN – La mort du nombre [Sholto Kynoch (piano), Kaoru Yamada (violin), Rhona McKail (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor)]

TRADITIONAL UYGHUR – Derdi Tolidur Yarning (Such Pain My Love) [Sanubar Tursun (vocals and dutar)]

WILLIAM WALTON – Symphony No 1 in B flat minor (4th mvt) [London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis]

DONNY MCCASLIN – Stadium Jazz

FRANZ SCHUBERT – Gute Nacht (Winterreise, D 911) [Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Inger Södergren (piano)]

VILLAGERS – The First Day

Mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron joins Jess Gillam to swap some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam meets mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron to swap some of their favourite music, including Cole Porter, Messiaen, Donny McCaslin, Schubert and Villagers.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by a musical guest to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today Francesca has brought along music from neglected Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä and a fiendish 12-tone work from Schoenberg, while I've chosen choral music from 16th-century Spain, and David Bowie's swansong.

PLAYLIST:

GIOACHINO ROSSINI – ‘Una voce poco fa' (Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1) [Teresa Berganza (mezzo soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gibson (conductor)]

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES – Farewell to Stromness [Richard Casey (piano)]

HELVI LEIVISKA – Orchestral Suite No 2, Op 11 (2nd mvt, Humoresque) [Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor)]

DAVID BOWIE - Lazarus

JOHANNES BRAHMS – Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, Op 102 (2nd mvt, Andante) [Salvatore Accardo (violinist), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Kurt Masur (conductor), Gewandhausorchester]

CRISTOBAL DE MORALES – Pie Jesu (Requiem) [La Capella Reial de Catalunya (choir), Hesperion XX (ensemble), Jordi Savall (director)]

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG – Phantasy for violin and piano [Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Joonas Ahonen (piano)]

LANKUM – Wild Rover

Produced by Rachel Gill.

Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Francesca Dego to share some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Francesca Dego to share some of their favourite tracks, including music from David Bowie, Peter Maxwell Davies and Helvi Leiviskä.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Here's what we listened to today...

Olivier Messiaen - Turangalla-Symphonie; V. Joie Du Sang Des ɀtoiles Vif, Passionn退 Avec Joie

William Byrd - Miserere Mei, Deus arr. Nico Muhly

Jenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul - Steaph's Red Shoes

Maurice Ravel - Piano concerto in G major - Adagio Assai

Gabriella Smith - Carrot Revolution

King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale

Leoš Janက?ek - Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: 2nd mvt: Ballada con moto

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11, 4th movement `Alarm`

Jess Gillam is joined by composer Freya Waley-Cohen to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and composer Freya Waley-Cohen swap Messiaen's frenetic Joy of the Blood of the Stars from Turangalla, a Procol Harum classic performed by King Curtis, Ravel, Janacek and Shostakovich.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Here's what we listened to today...

Olivier Messiaen - Turangalla-Symphonie; V. Joie Du Sang Des ɀtoiles Vif, Passionn退 Avec Joie

William Byrd - Miserere Mei, Deus arr. Nico Muhly

Jenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul - Steaph's Red Shoes

Maurice Ravel - Piano concerto in G major - Adagio Assai

Gabriella Smith - Carrot Revolution

King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale

Leoš Janက?ek - Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: 2nd mvt: Ballada con moto

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11, 4th movement `Alarm`

Jess Gillam is joined by composer Freya Waley-Cohen to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Stravinsky - Petrushka First Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair [Concertgebouw, Riccardo Chailly]

Chilly Gonzales - Overnight

Benjamin Britten - Les Illuminations, Op. 18 IX. Depart [Barbara Hendricks, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis]

Alfa Mist - Mulago

John Adams - Shaker Loops IV. A Final Shaking [Orchestra Of St. Luke's, John Adams]

Carole King - So Far Away

CPE Bach: Flute Concerto in A minor, Wq.166, H.431 1. Allegro Assai [Emmanuel Pahud, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Trevor Pinnock]

Scott Walker - Sleepwalkers Woman

Jess Gillam and cellist Gabriella Swallow share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Gabriella and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love, including a slice of Italian sunshine from Mendelssohn, a collaboration between folk artist Sam Lee and singer Elizabeth Fraser, a Schumann romance and a classic by Nick Drake.

Playlist:

LUTOSLAWSKI - Variations on a Theme by Paganini [BBC SO/Edward Gardner (conductor)]

TRAD - The Moon Shines Bright [Sam Lee, Elizabeth Fraser]

SCHUMANN - Symphony no 4 - 2nd mvt Romanza [London Symphony Orchestra/John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)]

NICHOLAS BRITELL - Agape

MENDELSSOHN - Symphony no 4 ‘Italian' - 1st mvt [Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor)]

JAMES BLAKE - Life Round Here

RESPIGHI - Ancient Dances and Airs - Siciliana [Filarmonica della Scala/ Riccardo Chailly (conductor)]

NICK DRAKE - River Man

Jess Gillam and conductor Gabriella Teychenn\u00e9 share some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and composer Gavin Higgins share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and composer Gavin Higgins share the tracks they love, with music by Schumann, Sibelius, Holst and Rebecca Dale, plus perfect pop by Loreen and David Bowie.

Jess and Geneva sit down for a listening party of the music they love the most, including tracks by Britten, Brahms and Billie Eilish.

Jess and violinist Geneva Lewis share the music they love the most.

Playlist:

Anton퀀n Dvo?ကk - Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81 (3rd mvt) (Andreas Haefliger - piano, Takကcs Quartet)

Missy Mazzoli - Vesper Sparrow (Roomful of Teeth)

Mikael Tariverdiev - Prelude from 17 moments of Spring (Mikael Tariverdiev - piano)

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour (Itzhak Perlman - violin, Samuel Sanders - piano)

Bobby Hebb - Sunny

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo (Gothenburg Symphony, Neeme Jarvi - conductor)

Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone

Camille Saint-Sa뀀ns - Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act II: Mon coeur s'ouvre

Today we listened to...

Bach - Cello suite no 1 BWV 1007 - Yo-yo Ma

Hans Abrahamsen - Let Me Tell You, Pt.III: I Will Go Out Now - Barbara Hannigan, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons

The Beatles - A day in the life

Cl退ment Janequin - Toutes les nuictz

Mica Levi - Love (from Under the Skin)

Kaija Saariaho - Cloud Trio: I. Calmo, Meditato

Joni Mitchell - A Case of You

Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Barque: Largo and Maestoso

Jess Gillam is joined by a musical guest to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Grace-Evangeline Mason to share music by Mica Levi, Kaija Saariaho and Joni Mitchell.

Today we listened to...

Bach - Cello suite no 1 BWV 1007 - Yo-yo Ma

Hans Abrahamsen - Let Me Tell You, Pt.III: I Will Go Out Now - Barbara Hannigan, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons

The Beatles - A day in the life

Cl退ment Janequin - Toutes les nuictz

Mica Levi - Love (from Under the Skin)

Kaija Saariaho - Cloud Trio: I. Calmo, Meditato

Joni Mitchell - A Case of You

Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Barque: Largo and Maestoso

Jess Gillam is joined by a musical guest to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and bassoonist Guylaine Eckersley share their favourite tracks, with music by Abel Selaocoe, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Laura Misch and a guilty pleasure from Frozen 2.

Playlist:
Abel Selaocoe - Ka Bohaleng / On the Sharp Side
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater [Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Julia Lezhneva (soprano), I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - Into the Unknown [from Frozen 2]
Rachmaninov - Symphony no 3 [Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet Seguin]
Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in A minor, rv498 [Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), L’Onda Armonica]
Laura Misch - Glass Shards
Grażyna Bacewicz - Concerto for String Orchestra [Amadeus Chamber Orchestra]
Vaughan Williams - Silent Noon (from the House of Life) [Roderick Williams (baritone) , Iain Burnside (piano)]

Jess Gillam shares music with bassoonist Guylaine Eckersley.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and bassoonist Guylaine Eckersley share their favourite tracks, with music by Abel Selaocoe, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Laura Misch and a guilty pleasure from Frozen 2.

Playlist:

Abel Selaocoe - Ka Bohaleng / On the Sharp Side

Pergolesi - Stabat Mater [Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Julia Lezhneva (soprano), I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis]

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - Into the Unknown [from Frozen 2]

Rachmaninov - Symphony no 3 [Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet Seguin]

Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in A minor, rv498 [Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), L'Onda Armonica]

Laura Misch - Glass Shards

Grażyna Bacewicz - Concerto for String Orchestra [Amadeus Chamber Orchestra]

Vaughan Williams - Silent Noon (from the House of Life) [Roderick Williams (baritone) , Iain Burnside (piano)]

Today they sit down to listen to a full-blooded folk waltz by Warsaw Village Band, a symphony with all the tunes by Dvorak, Stevie Wishart channelling Hildegard of Bingen and a surprisingly emotional David Bowie cover by M Ward.

Playlist:

WARSAW VILLAGE BAND - At My Mother's

ERIK SATIE - Gnossienne No.1 [Alexandre Tharaud (piano)]

LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Chichester Psalms 1st mvt. Psalm 108 vs 2, Psalm 100 [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor)]

M WARD - Let's Dance

ANTONIN DVORAK - Symphony no 9 - 4th mvt [Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor)]

STEVIE WISHART - Azeruz

ELIZA CARTHY & MARTIN GREEN - Fen

LITTLE SIMZ & MICHAEL KIWANUKA - Flowers

Jess Gillam and singer/multi-instrumentalist Hazel Askew swap their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Heloise share music by Shostakovich, Strauss, Meredith Monk and Graham Fitkin.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by the singer and composer Heloise Werner, a member of the young new music ensemble, The Hermes Experiment. Their music includes Shostakovich's Festive Oveture and Strauss' epic tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra, plus tracks by Meredith Monk and Graham Fitkin.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Heloise share music by Shostakovich, Strauss, Meredith Monk and Graham Fitkin.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in E Minor, RV 484: III. Allegro [Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) Ensemble L'aura Soave Cremona]

Michel Legrand - A Piece of Sky (from Yentl) [Barbra Streisand]

Anders Hillborg - Violin Concerto No.1 [Anna Lindal (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen]

Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge: Bredon Hill [Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano), Duke Quartet]

Dictaphone - Nr. 12

Bernstein - Candide Overture [Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic]

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Britten - Concord [Matthew Barley]

Jess Gillam and Hugh Cutting share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we listened to...

Krzysztof Penderecki: Sinfonietta No. 1 - Vivace

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C-Sharp Minor (No. 2), Op. 3.

Frederic Rzewski - Attica

John Barry - The Knack - and How to Get it.

Benjamin Britten - Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: Cuckoo!

Terence Blanchard - Leeves

Gustavo Santaolalla - De Usuahia a la Quiaca

JS Bach - Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067

Jess and Ian swap tracks including music by Penderecki and Terence Blanchard.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess is joined by film composer Ian Arber, who wrote the theme tune for the TV coverage of BBC Proms 2019. They swap tracks including music by Penderecki, Terence Blanchard, Bach and Rachmaninov.

Today we listened to...

Krzysztof Penderecki: Sinfonietta No. 1 - Vivace

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C-Sharp Minor (No. 2), Op. 3.

Frederic Rzewski - Attica

John Barry - The Knack - and How to Get it.

Benjamin Britten - Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: Cuckoo!

Terence Blanchard - Leeves

Gustavo Santaolalla - De Usuahia a la Quiaca

JS Bach - Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067

Jess and Ian swap tracks including music by Penderecki and Terence Blanchard.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

GEORGY SVIRIDOV: The Bells of Dawn [Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), The Grand Choir ‘Masters of Choral Singing'/Lev Kontorovich (cond)]

AMY WINEHOUSE: Love is a Losing Game

ARNO BABADJANIAN: Piano Trio in F sharp - 2nd mvt ‘Allegro' [David Ostrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello) Arno Babadjanian (piano)]

JOHN ADAMS: China Gates [Bruce Brubaker (piano)]

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - Invierno Porteကo `Winter` [Lara St John (violin), Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela/Eduardo Marturet]

ANOMALIE: M退tropole

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances, op.45 - no.2 Tempo di Valse [Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle (cond)]

DINICU: The Skylark (Ciocarlia) [Gheorghe Zamfir (pan flute)]

Jess is joined by violinist Ionel Manciu to chat about some of their favourite records.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Isata swap tracks by Beyonce, Radiohead, Brahms and Michael Nyman.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam presents her new show, with pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, and their musical choices include a Brahms intermezzo, film music by Michael Nyman, symphonies by Beethoven and Walton, and tracks by Beyonc退 and Radiohead.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Isata swap tracks by Beyonce, Radiohead, Brahms and Michael Nyman.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and Isobel sit down for a listening party of the music they love the most - Isobel offers some stunning moments of calm by Hinako Omori and a tuba jam by Sons of Kemet, while Jess interrupts the peace with an intimate song by Noah Yorke and possibly the funkiest string quartet ever written by Ravel.

Playlist:

HINAKO OMORI: Yearning

RAVEL: String Quartet - 2nd mvt 'Assez vif' [Quator Eb耀ne]

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS: Open Your Eyes

CHOPIN: Nocturne no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2 [Maurizio Pollini (piano)]

NOAH YORKE: Trying too Hard (Lullaby)

SONS OF KEMET: To Never Forget the Source

Jess Gillam and composer Isobel Waller-Bridge chat about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Joseph Haydn - Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11 (Alexandre Tharaud, Violons du Roy)

David Bowie & Gail Ann Dorsey - Under Pressure (from the album A Reality Tour)

Ibrahim Maalouf - Will Soon be a Woman

Bela Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin: Introduction (Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen)

Caroline Shaw - And So (Caroline Shaw with the Attacca Quartet)

Jocelyn Pook - Oppenheimer (from the album Flood)

Johann Paul von Westhoff - Sonata No.3 in D minor (David Plantier violin, Les plaisirs du Parnasse)

Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A?Gonna Fall

Jess shares tracks with pianist Iyad Sughayer.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Franz Ignaz Beck - Symphony in C major, Op. 1, No 6, I. Allegro [New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Donald Armstrong]

Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders - Movement 1 (Promises)

Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen - Waltz After Lasse in Lyby [The Danish String Quartet]

Debussy - String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, CD 91, L. 85: III. Andantino. Doucement expressif [Ebene Quartet]

Barbara Moore - Steam Heat

Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in F Minor, K466 [Vladimir Horowitz]

Chiwoniso - Zvichapera

Mahler - Symphony No.4: I. Bed䀀chtig, nicht eilen [Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Carlos Gardel - Por Una Cabeza (Arr. John Lenehan) - Nicola Benedetti (violin), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Leonard Elschenbroich (piano), Alexander Sitkovesky (violin)

John Cage - In a landscape (Alexei Lubimov - piano

Chris Thile, Brad Meldhau - Tabhair dom do Lamh

Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor - Gidon Kremer (violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello), Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

Missy Mizzoli - Song From the Uproar: Overture - Abigail Fischer (mezzo), NOW Ensemble, Steven Osgood

Josin - Company (Kiasmos Remix)

Sven-David Sandstr怀m - Agnus Die - Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra

Schubert - Symphony no. 8 (D.759) in B minor 'Unfinished', 1: Allegro moderato - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber

Jess Gillam and composer Jacob M\u00fchlrad share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Plus Jakub shares how he ended up becoming one of the world's biggest countertenors by drawing straws in his choir (and losing) and how his past as a skateboarder and breakdancer influenced the music he loves

Playlist:

Gregory Porter - Everything You Touch is Gold

John Harle - The Interpretation of Dreams [John Harle (sax), Doric Quartet, Sarah Leonard (voice)]

O.S.T.R. - O robieniu bit　w

Aleksander Debicz - Recipe [Aleksander Debicz (piano), Lukasz Kuropaczewski (guitar)]

Air - Playground Love

Handel - Dove sei (from Rodelinda) [Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin]

Joy Crookes - When You Were Mine

Jess Gillam and countertenor Jakub Josef Orlinski chat about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Pianist James Baillieu has worked with musicians including Lise Davidsen, Timothy Ridout and Pretty Yende, and has performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Vienna Musikverein. He is also Senior Professor of Ensemble Piano and a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He's brought Martha Argerich playing Schumann and a classic Bob Dylan song, while Jess's choices include Mahler and Goldfrapp.

PLAYLIST:

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – “Signori, di fuori ? (Le nozze de Figaro: Act 2, Scene 9) [Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Patrizia Ciofi (sop), Véronique Gens (sop), Concerto Köln, René Jacobs (cond)]

JOHN ADAMS – Hallelujah Junction (1st mvt) [Nicolas Hodges (piano), Rolf Hind (piano)]

BOB DYLAN – Blowin' in the Wind

GUSTAV MAHLER – Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt, Adagietto) [Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel (cond)]

JUAN TIZOL/DUKE ELLINGTON/IRVING MILLS – Caravan [Ella Fitzgerald (singer), Duke Ellington and his Orchestra]

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (4th mvt, Sarabande) [Yo-Yo Ma (cello)]

ROBERT SCHUMANN - Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Kinderszenen, Op 15: No 1) [Martha Argerich (piano)]

GOLDFRAPP – Lovely Head

Produced by Rachel Gill.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam swaps music with pianist James Baillieu, including works by Mozart, Bach and Ella Fitzgerald.

Jess Gillam talks to a guest about their classical life.

Playlist:

MOZART: Marriage of Figaro - Overture [Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nezet Seguin (conductor)]

DONALD GRANT: Bha lက eile ann [Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)]

HERBERT HOWELLS: Nunc Dimittis (from Collegium Regale) [Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury]

CELESTE: Strange

JOHN ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine [City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)]

DILYS ELWYN EDWARDS: The Cloths of Heaven (Gwiseg Nefoedd) [Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)]

CORELLI: Follia [Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall]

SARAH VAUGHAN: Be My Love

Jess Gillam and baritone James Newby swap some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Rachmaninov: El退gie (Morceaux de Fantasie, Op 3 No 1)

Nishat Khan: Raga Gaoti

Nick Cave / Nicholas Lens: Litany of Gathering Up

Monteverdi: Ahi, caso acerbo! (L'Orfeo)

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: This Land is Your Land

Philip Glass: Violin concerto

Nadia Boulanger: Cantique

Abi Sampa & Rushil: Man Kunto Maula (Orchestral Qawwali)

Jess Gillam shares music with sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - op.20 Act 2, No. 10 (LSO, Andre Previn)

Arve Henriksen - Arco Akropolis

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Let's Call the whole thing off

Pan Daijing - Phenomenon

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - Un Bal (West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim)

Mosseri, Herskedal, Talbot, Marshall - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Andante (Dmitri Shostakovich Jr, I Musici De Montreal, Maxim Shostakovich)

Jess Gillam and composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - op.20 Act 2, No. 10 (LSO, Andre Previn)

Arve Henriksen - Arco Akropolis

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Let's Call the whole thing off

Pan Daijing – Phenomenon

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique – Un Bal (West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim)

Mosseri, Herskedal, Talbot, Marshall - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Andante (Dmitri Shostakovich Jr, I Musici De Montreal, Maxim Shostakovich)

Jess Gillam and composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jennifer talks about discovering her Polish roots and the joys of recording Miklos Rozsa's fiendishly difficult but sublime Violin Concerto, plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening including brand new music from duo Fran & Flora.

Jess Gillam shares music with violinist Jennifer Pike.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam shares music with violinist Jennifer Pike, with tracks from Haydn to Bach via Quincy Jones, Debussy, Bill Evans, Tchaikovsky and Nina Simone.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

And here's what we played today...

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto KV 622 i. Allegro

A Hard Day's Night - Beatles

Franz Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen for voice, clarinet and piano (D.965)

John Harle - A Painted Life: IV. Painted Life

Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie (Op.64) VI. Auf dem Gipfel

Jess: Satie - Je Te veux

Vulfpeck - Animal Spirits

Mussorgsky - The Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition

Jess Gillam is joined by clarinettist Jessie Grimes to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and clarinettist Jessie Grimes swap the music they love, including the Mozart Clarinet Concerto that first sparked Jessie's interest in the clarinet, a Beatles classic with an indefinable opening chord, polished pop by Vulfpeck and Schubert's emotional Shepherd on the Rock.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

And here's what we played today...

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto KV 622 i. Allegro

A Hard Day's Night - Beatles

Franz Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen for voice, clarinet and piano (D.965)

John Harle - A Painted Life: IV. Painted Life

Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie (Op.64) VI. Auf dem Gipfel

Jess: Satie - Je Te veux

Vulfpeck - Animal Spirits

Mussorgsky - The Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition

Jess Gillam is joined by clarinettist Jessie Grimes to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

At 23 years old, Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene is already the winner of several awards, including the prestigious Carl Nielsen Competition in 2019, the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Award in 2022, and a Swedish Grammy in 2023. His music choices include a squelchy bassline from Thundercat, a Swedish Eurovision classic, and a virtuosic violin concerto that's close to his heart. Jess's choices include Bernstein conducting a favourite Mozart symphony, and music from the saxophonist Branford Marsalis.

PLAYLIST:

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – Sonata for Violin and Piano No 8 in G major, Op 30 No 3 (3rd mvt) [Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich]

BRANFORD MARSALIS – A Thousand Autumns [Branford Marsalis Quartet]

TOMMY KÖRBERG - Stad i ljus (City in Light)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt) [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein]

THUNDERCAT – Them Changes

CARL NIELSEN – Violin Concerto Op 33 (IIb – Rondo: Allegretto Scherzando) [Arve Tellefsen, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]

YEAH YEAH YEAHS FT. PERFUME GENIUS – Spitting Off the Edge of the World

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – The Nutcracker, Op 71: Miniature Overture [Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]

Jess Gillam swaps music with Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam meets Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene to swap some of their favourite music, including Carl Nielsen, Thundercat, and Mozart.

Jess Gillam talks to a guest about their classical life.

Playlist:

Haydn - Symphony No. 101 in D major 'The Clock' - finale (Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado - conductor)

Piazzolla - Oblivion (Gidon Kremer - violin, Per Arne Glorvigen - bandoneon, Alois Posch - double bass, Vadim Sakharov - piano)

Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

Anna Clyne - DANCE: I. when you're broken open (Inbal Segev - cello, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop - conductor)

Verdi - `Cortigiani, Vil Razza Dannata` - Rigoletto, Act 2 (Sherrill Milnes - baritone, Rigoletto, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge - conductor)

Nick Drake - Place to Be

Brahms - Piano Trio, Op. 8 in B - 1st mvt, Allegro con brio (Jascha Heifetz - violin, Arthur Rubinstein - piano, Emanuel Feuermann - cello)

Michael Nyman - Water Dances - Stroking - Syncronizing (Michael Nyman Band)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Jonathon share music by Stravinsky, Satie, Stevie Wonder and Madeleine Peyroux.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by Jonathon Heyward, one of the most exciting conductors of the younger generation who is just completing three years as Assistant Conductor of the Hall退 Orchestra. They chose Boulez conducting Stravinsky, a Satie song, Stevie Wonder and Madeleine Peyroux.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Jonathon share music by Stravinsky, Satie, Stevie Wonder and Madeleine Peyroux.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is a proud new music advocate – he's performed world premieres of works by composers including Kaija Saariaho and Augusta Read Thomas. His debut album IMPULSE was released in 2022 and he's performed with orchestras including London Mozart Players. His musical picks include works by Florence Price, reggae singer Koffee, and Benjamin Britten, whilst Jess has chosen a classic Radiohead track and Stokowski's take on Bach.

PLAYLIST:

FLORENCE PRICE – String Quartet No 2 in A minor (3rd mvt, Juba) [Catalyst Quartet]

FANNY MENDELSSOHN - Schluss [Heather Schmidt (piano)]

PALACE – Live Well

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI – Passacaglia And Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 [Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)]

KOFFEE – Toast

RADIOHEAD – House of Cards

BENJAMIN BRITTEN – Night Piece “Notturno ? [Stephen Hough (piano)]

ALABAMA SHAKES – Don't Wanna Fight

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam meets Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak to share some of their favourite music, including Florence Price, Benjamin Britten and Radiohead.

Playlist:

Trad - Kathryn Oggie [Baltimore Consort]

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture [Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)]

Nigel Westlake - Shards of Jaisalmer [Grigoryan Brothers]

Nick Drake - Saturday Sun

Mike Oldfield - Incantations (pt 4)

Punch Brothers - All Ashore

Schumann - Traumerei, op.15 no.7 [Martha Argerich (piano)]

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

Jess Gillam and pianist Joseph Havlat swap tunes they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Here's the music we played today...

Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, 1st movement

Kurt Weill - The Ballad of Mack the Knife (Threepenny Opera)

Sibelius - Symphony No.4, 3rd movement

Jutta Rahmel/Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band - Levoton syd䀀n

Anders Hillborg - Violin Concerto No.2

Falla - 7 Canciones populares espaကolas (arr. Mischa Maisky)

Radiohead - Everything in its right place

Nico Muhly - Motion

Finnish conductor Kaapo Ijas's tracks include Sibelius and Radiohead.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Finnish conductor Kaapo Ijas's tracks include Sibelius, the Sibelius Academy Big Band and Radiohead.

Here's the music we played today...

Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, 1st movement

Kurt Weill - The Ballad of Mack the Knife (Threepenny Opera)

Sibelius - Symphony No.4, 3rd movement

Jutta Rahmel/Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band - Levoton syd䀀n

Anders Hillborg - Violin Concerto No.2

Falla - 7 Canciones populares espaကolas (arr. Mischa Maisky)

Radiohead - Everything in its right place

Nico Muhly - Motion

Finnish conductor Kaapo Ijas's tracks include Sibelius and Radiohead.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

His music picks are all based around the piano - from the pure romance of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, to the video game imagination of Ryuichi Sakamoto and the latin funk of Stevie Wonder. Meanwhile Jess finds a new inspiration in Sibelius's Third Symphony, one of her teenage soundtracks in Massive Attack and an uneasy waltz by Shostakovich.

Playlist:

MILES DAVIS: Nardis [Bill Evans Trio]

SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite no.2 - Waltz no 2 [Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor)]

RUYICHI SAKAMOTO: Seven Samurai: Ending Theme

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto no 2 - 2nd mvt Adagio sostenuto [Khatia Buniatishvilli (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)]

MASSIVE ATTACK: Hymn of the Big Wheel

CHOPIN: Waltz op.64 no.2 in C sharp minor [Arthur Rubinstein (piano)]

SIBELIUS: Symphony no.3 - 2nd mvt Andantino [BBC Philharmonic /John Storgards (conductor)]

STEVIE WONDER: Another Star

Jess Gillam and pianist Karim Kamar swap favourite music

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Kate is an award-winning composer and pianist, who also runs the Multi-Story Orchestra. The orchestra was born in a multi-story car park in Peckham, and perform in car parks around the country, as they wanted to take classical music out of formal concert halls. They also create hugely powerful musical projects like the RPS Award-winning The Endz that involve the local community and young people in their music making.

Kate and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love including a beautiful work by Caroline Shaw and Bjork, the biggest of brass by Mussorgsky, bluegrass courtesy of the Goat Rodeo and a contender for greatest ever cover version by the Pet Shop Boys.

Playlist:

CAROLINE SHAW – Partita for 8 Singers: 2. Sarabande [Roomful of Teeth]

MUSSORGSKY – Night on Bald Mountain [Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor)]

BJORK: Pneumonia

GOAT RODEO - Attaboy [Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Yo Yo Ma]

VIVALDI – La Folia [Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorell]

SON LUX - This is a Life [Mitski, David Byrne]

GABRIELE MIRABASSI – Girotondo [Gabriele Mirabassi [clarinet), Luciano Biondini (accordion)]

PET SHOP BOYS: Always on My Mind

Composer Kate Whitley joins Jess to swap some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Composer Kate Whitley joins Jess to swap some of their favourite tracks, including music by Bjork, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky, Caroline Shaw and the Pet Shop Boys.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and flautist Katherine Bryan share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and pianist Kunal Lahiry have a listening party of tracks they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Bill Evans - Like Someone in Love

Shara Worden - From the Invisible to the Visible

Ravel - Pavane pour un enfant defunte (Louis Lortie (piano))

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from my Friends

Sibelius - Violin Concerto, 3rd mvt (Hilary Hahn (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa?Pekka Salonen (conductor))

Chet Baker - While My Lady Sleeps

Shostakovich - Cello Concerto, 1st mvt (Sol Gabetta (cello), Munich Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor))

Tsegue Maryam Guebrou - Homesickness, pt 2

Jess swaps favourite tracks with singer, songwriter and cellist Laufey.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam shares music with composer Laura Cannell, including a sublime Biber Requiem, new music by Kenya Grace, traditional Norwegian fiddle music and a Memphis Soul Stew!

Playlist:
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1; first movement [Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel]
Kenya Grace - Strangers
John Mackey – Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble [ Timothy McAllister, ASU Wind Ensemble]
Sven Nyhus – Fanitullen (The Devil's Dance)
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in F minor, K. 466 [Vladimir Horowitz]
Tarquinio Merula - Ciaccona [His Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornetts]
King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber - Requiem in F minor - Dies Irae [Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh]

Jess Gillam shares music with composer Laura Cannell.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1; first movement [Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel]

Kenya Grace - Strangers

John Mackey – Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble [ Timothy McAllister, ASU Wind Ensemble]

Sven Nyhus – Fanitullen (The Devil's Dance)

Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in F minor, K. 466 [Vladimir Horowitz]

Tarquinio Merula - Ciaccona [His Majesty's Sackbuts and Cornetts]

King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber - Requiem in F minor - Dies Irae [Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh]

Jess Gillam shares music with composer Laura Cannell.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam shares music with composer Laura Cannell including a sublime Biber Requiem, new music by Kenya Grace, traditional Norwegian fiddle music and a Memphis Soul Stew!

Playlist:

Sibelius - Impromptu V (Leif Ove Andnes)

Bendik Giske - Cruising

Sarah Vaughan - Just One of Those Things

Hildegard von Bingen - O vis eternitatis (Sequentia)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds

Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Sheku, Jeneba, and Isata Kanneh-Mason)

Strozzi - Che si puo fare? (Simone Kermes, Enrico Casazza)

Bjork - The Anchor Song

Jess Gillam and fellow saxophonist Laura Misch share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

John Tavener: The Lamb (Tenebrae, Nigel Short, conductor)

Burt Bacharach/Hal David: I say a little prayer (Aretha Franklin)

Lauryn Hill: Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Hill)

Buxton/Ratcliffe/Kekaula: Good Luck (Basement Jaxx, Lisa Kekaula)

Laurie Anderson: O Superman (Laurie Anderson)

Trad (Bulgarian): Bu?imiš (Avi Avital, mandolin, Itamar Doari, percussion)

Phillip Houghton: Wave Radiance (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet)

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 - V Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Orchestre de Paris, Charles Munch, conductor)

With music by John Tavener, Laurie Anderson, Berlioz and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's Baftas, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast from BBC Sounds.

Jess Gillam and Lauren Fagan share music from Copland to Queen, John Adams and Schubert.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Johann Strauss II - An der sch怀nen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan]

Peter Gabriel - With this Love

The Chieftains - The Humours of Carolan

Debussy - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in G Major, L. 3: Third Movement [Andre Previn (piano), Julie Rosenfeld (violin), Gary Hoffman (cello)]

Unsuk Chin - Violin Concerto; Movement I [Viviane Hagner (violin), Orchestre symphonique de Montr退al, Kent Nagano]

Korngold - Cello Concerto in C Major, Op.37; I. Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco [Edgar Moreau (cello), Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Sanderling]

Jess Gillam chats to harpist Lavinia Meijer about music they both love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Tracks we played today...

Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, op.40

The Comet is Coming - The Universe Wakes Up

Antonio Bazzini - La ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique), Op. 25

Ilse Weber - Wiegala

Judd Greenstein - Clearing, Dawn , Dance

Schubert - Minuet in C-Sharp Minor, D. 600

Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee

Walton - Then Sing Aloud to God, pt. 2

Jess Gillam is joined by Leif Kaner-Lidstrom to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Leif Kaner-Lidstrom to swap tracks and share the music they love. With music from Richard Strauss to The Comet Is Coming.

Tracks we played today...

Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, op.40

The Comet is Coming - The Universe Wakes Up

Antonio Bazzini - La ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique), Op. 25

Ilse Weber - Wiegala

Judd Greenstein - Clearing, Dawn , Dance

Schubert - Minuet in C-Sharp Minor, D. 600

Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee

Walton - Then Sing Aloud to God, pt. 2

Jess Gillam is joined by Leif Kaner-Lidstrom to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by Norwegian soprano and Last Night of the Proms star Lise Davidsen for a very Christmassy edition of This Classical Life. They share their favourite Christmas music and chat about what gives them that festive feeling!

Lise Davidsen has been described as “the greatest soprano in the world right now ?, with a “one-in-a-million voice ?. Her performance at the Last Night of the Proms 2023 received rave reviews, and she has sung at iconic venues including the Metropolitan Opera House, Royal Opera House, and Teatro alla Scala, Milan. And she’s just released a whole album of seasonal favourites and Nordic delights via Decca, called Christmas From Norway.

Lise brings along a haunting Scandinavian carol, a sugary-sweet soundtrack from a cult Christmas film, and a modern classic from Coldplay. Jess's choices include a traditional English wassail song, a rock'n'roll Rudolph from Chuck Berry, and a Christmas jig from Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie MacMaster.

PLAYLIST:

ADOLPHE ADAM – O helga natt (Adams julsång) [Jussi Björling]
NATALIE MACMASTER/ TRAD. FRENCH-CANADIAN - A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel [Yo-Yo Ma, Natalie MacMaster]
CHUCK BERRY – Run Rudolph Run
KAREL SVOBODA – Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (Three Wishes for Cinderella): Motiv - Einleitung
TRAD. ENGLISH – Wassail Song [John Kirkpatrick and friends]
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR – The Forest of Wild Thyme Op 74: Christmas Overture (arr. Sydney Baynes for orchestra)
TRAD. SCANDINAVIAN – Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (My Heart Forever Dwells) [arr. O. Matre for chorus]
COLDPLAY – Christmas Lights

Jess Gillam and soprano Lise Davidsen share their favourite Christmas music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Lise Davidsen has been described as “the greatest soprano in the world right now ?, with a “one-in-a-million voice ?. Her performance at the Last Night of the Proms 2023 received rave reviews, and she has sung at iconic venues including the Metropolitan Opera House, Royal Opera House, and Teatro alla Scala, Milan. And she's just released a whole album of seasonal favourites and Nordic delights via Decca, called Christmas From Norway.

Lise brings along a haunting Scandinavian carol, a sugary-sweet soundtrack from a cult Christmas film, and a modern classic from Coldplay. Jess's choices include a traditional English wassail song, a rock'n'roll Rudolph from Chuck Berry, and a Christmas jig from Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie MacMaster.

PLAYLIST:

ADOLPHE ADAM – O helga natt (Cantique de Noel, O Holy Night) [Jussi Björling]

NATALIE MCMASTER/ TRAD. FRENCH-CANADIAN - A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel [Yo-Yo Ma, Natalie McMaster]

CHUCK BERRY – Run Rudolph Run

KAREL SVOBODA – Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (Three Wishes for Cinderella): Motiv - Einleitung

TRAD. ENGLISH – Wassail Song [John Kirkpatrick and friends]

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR – The Forest of Wild Thyme Op 74: Christmas Overture (arr. Sydney Baynes for orchestra)

TRAD. SCANDINAVIAN – Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (My Heart Forever Dwells) [arr. O. Matre for chorus]

COLDPLAY – Christmas Lights

Jess Gillam and soprano Lise Davidsen share their favourite Christmas music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen share their favourite festive music in a very Christmassy edition of This Classical Life.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's Bafta awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Lloyd share a sabre dance and music by Anna Meredith, Sibelius and Kraftwerk.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by Lloyd Coleman, composer, clarinettist and associate music director of the British Paraorchestra. Their musical choices include a sabre dance, sounds of the sea from Debussy, a 'modern classic' by Anna Meredith, the glorious finale of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony and Kraftwerk.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's Bafta awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Lloyd share a sabre dance and music by Anna Meredith, Sibelius and Kraftwerk.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Nikolai Lugansky, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo)

Cesကria ɀvora - Sodade

Louis Andriessen - M is for Man, Music, Mozart: Einstein song

Schubert - String Quintet in C Major, D.956; I. Allegro ma non toppo (Alban Berg Quartett, Heinrich Schiff)

Thom Yorke - Suspirium

Tobias Hume (d.1645) - The Earle of Salisbury's Favoret ‘Sweet Musicke' (Jordi Savall, Hesp退rion XXI)

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - ‘Symphony of a Thousand' Part 1 (Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)

Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean share music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam meets with London based Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean for virtual lockdown listening party, in which they are raving to Rachmaninov, marvelling over the voices of Cape Verde's barefoot diva and Radiohead's Thom Yorke, whilst also enjoying the other worldly dream pop of Cocteau Twins and Mahler's humongous ‘Symphony of a Thousand'.

Playlist:

Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Nikolai Lugansky, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo)

Cesကria ɀvora - Sodade

Louis Andriessen - M is for Man, Music, Mozart: Einstein song

Schubert - String Quintet in C Major, D.956; I. Allegro ma non toppo (Alban Berg Quartett, Heinrich Schiff)

Thom Yorke - Suspirium

Tobias Hume (d.1645) - The Earle of Salisbury's Favoret ‘Sweet Musicke' (Jordi Savall, Hesp退rion XXI)

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - ‘Symphony of a Thousand' Part 1 (Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)

Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean share music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Ssega came with some truly epic Elgar played by Sheku Kanneh Mason, a serious ear worm of an opera chorus by Verdi, and introduced Jess to the incredible voice of Alice Smith (she's been listening to her on loop since). Meanwhile Jess played Ssega Vivaldi arranged by Max Richter, some 12th century vocal music by Hildegard von Bingen, and an elegy to the environment by Marvin Gaye.

PLAYLIST:

MAX RICHTER/VIVALDI: Spring 1 - from the Four Seasons Recomposed [Daniel Hope (violin), Zurich Chamber Orchestra]

VERDI: Va pensiero - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (from Nabucco) [Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera House, London, Bernard Haitink (cond)]

MARVIN GAYE: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

ELGAR - Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 - 1st mvt [Sheku Kanneh Mason (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (cond)]

PETER GABRIEL: The Book of Love

WILLIAM MATHIAS: Zodiac Trio, op.70 - 1st mvt ‘Pisces' [Dallas Triptych Players]

HILDEGARD von BINGEN: Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans [Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (dir)

ALICE SMITH: Wednesday's Child

Jess meets up with artist and producer Love Ssega to swap some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Bernstein - West Side Story: Overture [Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story Orchestra, Johnny Green]

Omara Portuondo - La sitiera (Rafael Lopez)

Mark Guiliana - Bud

Schubert - 4 Impromptus Op.142, D.935: No.4 in F minor: Allegro scherzando [Andras Schiff, piano]

Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine [City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier]

Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

Hans Zimmer - Matera from 'No Time To Die

Handel - Theodora - oratorio in 3 acts: Act 1 sc.4; As with rosy steps the morn [Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's Bafta awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Lucy share music by Smetana and Sondheim, Tansy Davis and Kurt Weill.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by composer Lucy Armstrong, whose commissions have included from the Psappha Ensemble and Bergen National Opera. She and Jess chat about the music they love, from Smetana to Sondheim via Tansy Davis and Ute Lemper singing Kurt Weill.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's Bafta awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Lucy share music by Smetana and Sondheim, Tansy Davis and Kurt Weill.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Cinderella-Suite Nr. 1, Op. 107, VIII. Midnight

Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar

Edmund Finnis - Preludes I and II for Solo Cello

Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)

Disasterpeace - Adventure from FEZ

Debussy - Reverie

Jean Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Lady Maisery - Birdsong

Colin Stetson - Nature is Timeless

Arnold Schoenberg - Verkl䀀rte Nacht, Op. 4: I. Sehr langsam

Juilliard String Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma

Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: III. Andante

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Ferrandez (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano)

Jess Gillam chats to trumpeter Lucy Humphris about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Handel - Keyboard Suite No 1 (Set II) in B-flat Major, HWV 434 (trans. Wilhelm Kempff) - Roberto Cominati (piano)

Schumann - Szenen aus Goethes Faust , WoO 3. Pt. VII Hier ist die Aussicht frei - Christian Gerhaher and BRSO

Nino Rota - Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano; I. Allegro ma non troppo - Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano)

Esperanza Spalding - Lest We Forget (blood)

Charles-Valentin Alkan - 13 Prieres, Op. 64; No. 11. Andantino - Olivier Latry (organ)

Portico Quartet - Youth

Schubert - Piano Trio No. 2 E-Flat Major Op. 100 II. Andante (Trio Wanderer)

Jess Gillam and harpist Magdalena Hoffman share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Gershwin - Walking the dog (Promenade) from Shall we Dance [Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas]

John Bennet - Weep, O Mine Eyes [Attacca Quartet]

Nick Cave - Push The Sky Away

Hannah Peel - Emergence In Nature

Huw Watkins - Flute Concerto; III. Allegro Molto [Adam Walker (flute), Halle, Ryan Wigglesworth]

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Korngold - Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35; I. Moderato nobile [Nicola Benedetti, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits]

Vivaldi / Max Richter - Recomposed, Vivaldi The Four Seasons; Spring 3 [Daniel Hope (violin), Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, Andr退 de Ridder]

Jess Gillam and violinist Mari Samuelsen share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's Bafta awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Martin choose Glinka, Peter Gabriel, Richter and Karajan conducting Tchaikovsky.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by the pianist Martin James Bartlett, a former winner of BBC Young Musician who has just released his debut album 'Love and Death'. They share music from the explosive overture to Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila to contemplative Peter Gabriel, a classic recording of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony and Max Richter.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's Bafta awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Martin choose Glinka, Peter Gabriel, Richter and Karajan conducting Tchaikovsky.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played...

George Walker - Lyric for Strings (London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman)

Natureboy Flako - Gelis

Caroline Shaw - Its Motion Keeps (Caroline Shaw, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker)

Fr退d退ric Chopin - Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (Arthur Rubinstein)

Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love

John Tavener - Funeral Canticle (The Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin)

Radiohead - Codex

B退la Bart　k - Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119, 2nd mvt - Andante Religioso (G退za Anda, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay)

Jess Gillam talks to composer Martin Kohlstedt about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Martynas share music by Mozart, Mahler, Bjork and Parov Stelar.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by the Lithuanian accordionist Martynas Levickis, known for his exciting arrangements of everything from Bach to Daft Punk. Together they have chosen Teodor Currentzis conducting Mozart, the Adagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony, Bjork and some electro swing from Parov Stelar.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Martynas share music by Mozart, Mahler, Bjork and Parov Stelar.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

This week we listened to...

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) - Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

James MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn - The Sixteen

Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question - Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams

Salsa Celtica: El Agua de la Vida

Beethoven: Sonata No 14 in C-sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, ‘Moonlight'; I. Adagio sostenuto - Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Tobias Brostr怀m: Dream Variations: III. D退j

Matthew's career as a cellist has seen him straddle any number of different genres and continents. He's just as at home in front of an orchestra as he is improvising in a nightclub, playing chamber music with his wife – the violinist Viktoria Mullova - or going solo and combining his cello with electronics.

Their playlist today is suitably eclectic - Matthew brings a taste of Brazil from the singer Elza Soares and legendary songwriter Jobim, a lament on the duduk and reminisces his first childhood experience of classical music via the music of Beethoven. Jess has Tchaikovsky ballet music bursting with tunes, some sunshine by Marianna Martines and mandolin player Avi Avital and a beautiful piece of Junk by Paul McCartney.

Playlist:

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM: Agua de Beber [Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano)]

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake – Act 4 finale [London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)]

ELZA SOARES: Flores Horizontais

MANUEL DE FALLA: No. 4 Jota from Canciones populares españolas [Avi Avital (mandolin)]

DJIVAN GASPARYAN: 7 December 1988 [Djivan Gasparyan (duduk/voice)]

MARIANNA MARTINES: Overture in C major – 1st mvt [La Floridiana]

PAUL MCARTNEY: Junk

BEETHOVEN: Symphony no 6 (Pastoral) – 1st mvt “Erwachen heiterer -  ? [Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)]

Jess Gillam and cellist Matthew Barley swap some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and cellist Matthew Barley swap the music they love. With tracks by Elza Soares, Marianna Martines, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Paul McCartney

Matthew's career as a cellist has seen him straddle any number of different genres and continents. He's just as at home in front of an orchestra as he is improvising in a nightclub, playing chamber music with his wife - the violinist Viktoria Mullova - or going solo and combining his cello with electronics.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake - Act 4 finale [London Symphony Orchestra, Andr退 Previn (conductor)]

MANUEL DE FALLA: No. 4 Jota from Canciones populares espaကolas [Avi Avital (mandolin)]

MARIANNA MARTINES: Overture in C major - 1st mvt [La Floridiana]

BEETHOVEN: Symphony no 6 (Pastoral) - 1st mvt `Erwachen heiterer - ` [Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)]

BEETHOVEN: Symphony no 6 (Pastoral) – 1st mvt “Erwachen heiterer -  ? [Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)]

Playlist:

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3; 1st mvt (Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)

Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa (Anna Prohaska, Arcangelo)

Bartok - 6 Romanian Dances (Avi Avital, Pottsdam Chamber Academy)

Elena Tonra (arr. Josephine Stephenson) - The Dazzler (Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble)

Haydn - String Quartet in C major Op.33 No.3 `The Bird`; 3rd mvt (London Haydn Quartet)

Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along (from The Much Much How How and I)

Britten - 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid (Francois Leleux, oboe)

Herbie Hancock - Dolphin Dance (from Dedication)

With music by Monteverdi, Haydn, Cosmo Sheldrake and Herbie Hancock.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

John Adams - Shaker Loops: i. Shaking and Trembling [Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (conductor)]

Toufic Farroukh - Elhob ?!

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

JS Bach - Fuga in G minor, BWV1000 [Yasunori Imamura (lute)]

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt [Gidon Kremer (violin), Vienna Philharmonic/Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor)]

Hooverphonic - 2 Wicky

Dvorak - Symphony no.9 'From the New World' - 2nd mvt [Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (conductor)]

Morten Schantz - Godspeed

Jess Gillam is joined by qanun player Maya Youssef for a listening party.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

MILOŠ and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love, including a transcendental choral piece by Edward Bairstow, the full force of Dvorak's New World Symphony, Philip Glass played on the harp and a Bob Dylan classic reimagined by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau.

Plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.

Jess talks and swaps favourite music with the guitarist MILO\u0160.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and guitarist MILOŠ swap some of the music they love the most, including works by Dvorak and Vivaldi, Philip Glass reimagined for the harp and a Bob Dylan tune.

Milos and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love, including a transcendental choral piece by Edward Bairstow, the full force of Dvorak's New World Symphony, Philip Glass played on the harp and a Bob Dylan classic reimagined by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau.

Plus, Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.

Jess talks and swaps favourite music with the guitarist Milos.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess is joined by the guitarist Milos to swap some of the music they love the most, including works by Dvorak and Vivaldi, Philip Glass reimagined for the harp and Bob Dylan.

Today we listened to...

Isaac Albeniz - Suite espanola, Op. 47; No. 5 Asturias (played by John Williams)

Bjork - Vokuro

Nicola Porpora - Polifemo, Act 3: Alto Giove (sung by Philippe Jaroussky)

Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (narrated by David Bowie)

Vincente Amigo - Callej　n de la luna (played by Zs　fia Boros)

Sibelius - Impromptu in B minor, Op. 5 No.5 (played by Leif Ove Andsnes)

Melody Gardot - Your Heart is as Black as Night

Camille Saint-Saens - Danse macabre

Jess and Milo\u0161 Karadagli\u0107 share some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Felix Mendelssohn – Octet in E flat major, IV. Presto [Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble]

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills – Ekute

Francis Poulenc – Figure humaine, VIII. Liberte [Tenebrae, Nigel Short]

Benjamin Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra [London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten]

Taylor Swift – The Lakes

Sibelius - Lieder No. 4 Op 37 - Was it a Dream [Kari Lövaas, Berliner Symphoniker, Eduardo Marturet]

Jacob Collier / Henry Mancini – Moon River

Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 (FS76) 'The Inextinguishable'; 1. Allegro [Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi]

Jess Gillam and conductor Nicholas Collon swap some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and conductor Nicholas Collon share their favourite tunes, with music by Jacob Collier, Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Pino Palladino and Taylor Swift.

Felix Mendelssohn - Octet in E flat major, IV. Presto [Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble]

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Ekute

Francis Poulenc - Figure humaine, VIII. Liberte [Tenebrae, Nigel Short]

Taylor Swift - The Lakes

Sibelius - Lieder No. 4 Op 37 - Was it a Dream [Kari L怀vaas, Berliner Symphoniker, Eduardo Marturet]

Jacob Collier / Henry Mancini - Moon River

Playlist:

Trad. Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald

Trad. arr. Ola Gjeilo - The Coventry Carol (Choir of Royal Holloway)

Yma Sumac - Malambo No.1

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Overture & Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conductor)

R Strauss - Weihnachtsgefuhl (Edita Gruberova)

Vivaldi - Concerto No.4 in F minor RV297 ‘Winter' (Henning Kraggerud violin, Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra)

Mervyn Warren - Joyful, Joyful (Pentatonix)

Handel - Messiah, Part 1: Comfort ye, my people; Every valley (Jon Vickers tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conductor)

Joni Mitchell - River

Jess Gillam and tenor Nicky Spence share their favourite Christmas music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21, in C Major, K. 467; II. Andante [Mitsuko Uchida (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate]

Alex Baranowski - Constellations

Lizzo - Good as Hell

Pauline Oliveros - The Beauty of Sorrow [extract]

Jordan Rakei - Brace

Tchaikovsky - None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, TH 93, No. 6 [Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano)]

Abdullah Ibrahim - Maraba Blue

Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - ‘Symphony of a Thousand' Part 2: Finale [Leonard Bernstein, The London Symphony Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Ollie's tracks include Dvorak, Quincy Jones and Nadia Boulanger.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam meets the dynamic young drummer and television composer Ollie Howell, and their eclectic choices include Dvorak's New World Symphony, a film score by Quincy Jones, a mesmerising piano miniature by Nadia Boulanger, and some classic Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Ollie's tracks include Dvorak, Quincy Jones and Nadia Boulanger.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite - Montagues and the Capulets (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti)

Judith Bingham - The Drowned Lovers (Tenebrae, Martha McLorinan, Nigel Short)

Sam Cooke - A Change is gonna come

Copland: Appalachian Spring (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)

Rebecca Clarke - Lullaby (Helen Callus - viola, Robert McDonald - piano)

Kabantu – Ulidzile!

Samuel Coleridge Taylor - Petite suite de concert; III. Un sonnet d'amour (Chicago Sinfonietta, Paul Freeman)

JS Bach - St John Passion; Chorus: 'Herr, Unser Herrscher' (Polyphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton)

Jess Gillam meets composer Owain Park to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

JS Bach - St John Passion; Chorus: Herr, Unser Herrscher (Polyphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton)

Kabantu - Ulidzile!

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, W.424; IV. Danza [Michael Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony]

Eddie Sauter / Stan Getz - I'm Late, I'm Late

Beethoven - Bagatelles, Op. 33: V. Allegro, ma non troppo [Cristian Budu]

Scott Walker - It's Raining Today

Isaac Albeniz - Suite espanola no. 1, Op.47; III. Sevilla [Julian Bream]

John Adams - Saxophone Concerto; II. Molto vivo: a hard, driving pulse [Timothy McAllister (sax), St Louis Symphony, David Robertson]

Elis Regina & Ant䀀nio Carlos Jobim - @guas de mar瀀o

Johann Sebastian Bach - O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht Motet, BWV 118 [English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and violinist Rakhi Singh swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam talks to a guest about their classical life.

Playlist:

Müller/Makaroff/Solal: Santa Maria del Buen Ayre (Gotan Project)

Marius Neset: Manmade - Saxophone Concerto: Mvt II Edison (Marius Neset, saxophone, Bergen Phliharmonic, Edward Gardner, conductor)

Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune (Khatia Buniatishvili, piano)

Arvo P䀀rt (arr. Eduard Wesly) : Summa for reed quintet (Calefax Reed Quintet)

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Souvenirs d'Andalousie - Op.22 (Alan Marks, piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543:1 - Prelude (Karl Richter, organ)

Josh Tillman: Chlo뀀 (Father John Misty)

Andrew John Hozier-Byrne: Nina Cried Power (Hozier ft. Mavis Staples)

With music by Arvo P\u00e4rt, Debussy, Gottschalk and Gotan Project.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and jazz guitarist Rob Luft swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Philip Glass – Aguas da Amazonia - Madeira River [Uakti]

Abel Selaocoe – Voices of Bantu

Hildur Guðnadóttir - For Petra [London Contemporary Orchestra, Robert Ames]

Tchaikovsky – The Tempest, Op. 18; VI. Andante non tanto [BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan]

Makaya McCraven – In These Times

Camille Saint-Saens – Le lever de la lune

Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Suiren

J.S. Bach – Aria from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 'Air on a G String' (Arr. Leopold Stokowski) [BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert]

Jess Gillam swaps music with conductor Robert Ames.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Here's what we listened to today...

Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis (Alena Cherny)

Elton John - Bennie and the Jets

Anna Clyne - Night Ferry (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Muti)

Poulenc- Les Chemins de l'amour FP 106 (Jessye Norman, Dalton Balwdwin)

Paganini - 24 Caprices Op.1 No. 2 in B minor (Itzhak Perlman)

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110: Allegro molto (Borodin Quartet )

JS Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A Major BWV 864 from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Trevor Pinnock)

Kamasi Washington - Final Thought

Jess Gillam and Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas share the music love, including Anna Clyne, Kamasi Washington and Jessye Norman singing Poulenc.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Here's what we listened to today...

Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis (Alena Cherny)

Elton John - Bennie and the Jets

Anna Clyne - Night Ferry (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Muti)

Poulenc- Les Chemins de l'amour FP 106 (Jessye Norman, Dalton Balwdwin)

Paganini - 24 Caprices Op.1 No. 2 in B minor (Itzhak Perlman)

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110: Allegro molto (Borodin Quartet )

JS Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A Major BWV 864 from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Trevor Pinnock)

Kamasi Washington - Final Thought

Jess Gillam and Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played:

Vivaldi – Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727; ‘Se in ogni guardo' (Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi)

Mahler - Totenfeier (OAE, Vladimir Jurowski)

Miles Davis/Bill Evans - Blue in Green (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Francaix - Petit Quartour 1. Gaguenardise (John Harle, Glenn Martin, David Roach, Andrew Findon)

Samthing Soweto (feat. Mzansi Youth Choir) – The Danko! Medley

Chopin - Nocturne for piano (Op.posth) in C sharp minor [1830] (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

Mozart - String quartet No.19 K465 “Dissonance ?; 1. Adagio – Allegro (Emerson String Quartet)

Jess Gillam talks to pianist and composer Rosey Chan about the music that they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Debussy - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Orchestra National de la RTF, Constantin Silvestri)

Joby Talbot - Once around the sun; January - A Yellow Disc Rising from the Sea

Aruna Sairam - Tillana, Kalinga Nardhanam

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

Leos Janacek - Taras Bulba; 1. The Death of Andri (Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras)

Nina Simone - Strange Fruit

Caroline Shaw - Entr'acte (Attacca Quartet)

Beethoven - Emperor Piano Concerto no.5; II. adagio (Murray Perahia, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink)

Jess Gillam is joined by conductor Ryan Bancroft to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Sam and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love, including Ornette Coleman and friends having a street party, Ennio Morricone in full blown cinematic mode, Sam shares a revelatory recording by the Georgian voices in The Rustavi Choir and Jess continues her bid to be reincarnated in the 1960s with a Dusty Springfield classic.

Playlist:

TRAD GEORGIAN: Shen Khar venakhi - Kartli Kakhetia (The Rustavi Choir)

MORRICONE: Cinema Paradiso - Theme

ORNETTE COLEMAN: Friends and Neighbours (Vocal version) [Live]

PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet - Dance of the Knights (Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor))

SAILEOG Ǹ CHEANNABH@IN: Bean a' Leanna

EDMUND ANDERSON/TED GROUYA: Flamingo (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (piano))

JANACEK: Kreutzer Sonata arr. for Strings - 1st mvt Adagio (Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (violin/director))

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: Anyone Who Had a Heart

Jess is joined by singer Sam Amidon for a listening party.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Sam share music by Debussy, Dowland, Bowie and Berlioz two ways.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam presents her new show, with the double and electric bass player Sam Becker, who co-presented the BBC Young Musician podcast with Jess in 2018. The tracks they share with each other range from Debussy's Sarabande to David Bowie's Heroes, and from Dowland's Flow my teares to serpentwithfeet's take on Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, she is joined by another young musician to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Sam share music by Debussy, Dowland, Bowie and Berlioz two ways.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Benjamin Britten - 4 sea interludes - Dawn (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi)

The Platters - Smoke gets in your eyes

Pablo Casals - El Cant Dels Ocells (Song of the Birds) (Pablo Casals (cello), Prades Festival Orchestra)

Everything Everything - Fever Dream

Gavin Bryars - Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Rimsky Korsakov - Trombone Concerto (Christian Lindberg, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vanska)

Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins

Ravel - Pavane pour une infant (Bertrand Chamayou - paino)

Jess Gillam and bassist Sam Becker share some more of the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Stravinsky - Circus polka for a Young Elephant orchestra

The Walker Brothers - In My Room

Dvorak - 4 Romantic pieces, B150; 1. Allegro moderato

Nubya Garcia - Source

John Williams - Theme from Schindler's List

Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress; Anne Truelove aria 'No word from Tom.

Sharon Van Etten - The End Of the World

Johann Christoph Bach - Ach, da߀ ich Wassers g'nug hate

Jess Gillam is joined by bass baritone Sam Carl to share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No. 1: V. Rondo-Agitato

Gervaise - Pavane, Gaillarde & Branle de Champagne

black midi – Slow

Lili Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps

Arvo Pärt - The Beatitudes

Willie Nelson – Hello Walls

J. S. Bach - Gamba Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: III. Andante

Pablo Casals – Song of the Birds

Jess Gillam and cellist Santiago Ca\u00f1\u00f3n-Valencia share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia share the tracks they love, with music by Schnittke, Lili Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Willie Nelson and Black Midi.

Playlist:

Witold Lutos?awski - Symphony No 4 (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit)

Francis Poulenc - Flute Sonata FP 164 (1st mvt) (Emmanuel Pahud / ɀric Le Sage)

The Prodigy - Out of Space

Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Winter (1st mvt) (Pekka Kuusisto / Virtuosi di Kuhmo)

Gy怀rgy Ligeti - Sonata for Solo Cello (1st mvt) (Mikl　s Per退nyi)

Henriette Reni退 - Harp Concerto in C minor (1st mvt) (Emmanuel Ceysson / Orchestre R退gional Avignon Provence / Samuel Jean)

Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op 83 (1st mvt) (Krystian Zimerman / Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein)

Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again

Jess Gillam and composer and violinist Sasha Scott share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Rossini - William Tell - Overture [Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan]

Mercedes Sosa - Alfonsina y el mar

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amore

Vangelis - Theme from Antarctica

J　hann J　hannsson - Flight from the City

Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No.1. Introduction

Lianne La Havas - Bittersweet

Elgar - Variations on an original theme, Op 36 `Enigma`: 9 Nimrod (Adagio) [BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein]

Jess Gillam talks to Argentinian composer Sebastian Plano about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

~This Classical Life is a show and podcast from BBC Radio 3. Every episode, saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by a special guest to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles and genres.

Tracklist:

Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets

Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

Snarky Puppy: Shofukan

Crist　bal de Morales/The Hilliard Ensemble/Jan Garbarek: Parce mihi Domine

John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Wings: Live And Let Die

Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (finale)

Doctor Who composer Segun is in the hot seat with tracks by Holst and Snarky Puppy.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Sehyogue's Playlist:

SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 5 in D Minor Op. 47: I. Moderato (Royal Concertegabouw Orchestra, Bernard Haiktink)

MOBY - Porcelain

COUPERIN arr. Ades - Les Baricades misterieuses (Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon)

ARETHA FRANKLN - (You make me feel like a) Natural Woman

SECKOU KEITA - Sakiliba

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR - Ballade in A Minor Op. 33: I. Allegro energetico, ma non troppo presto (Chineke! Orchestra, Kalena Bovell

SIMON MOULLIER - Acceptance (Simon Moullier - Vibraphone, Balafon, Percussions, Synths; Dayna Stephens - Saxophone ; Simon Chivallon - Piano; Luca Alemanno - Bass; Jongkuk Kim - Drums)

Jess Gillam talks to percussionist Sehyogue Aulakh.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Alim Qasimov Ensemble and Kronos Quartet - Getme, Getme

Bach - Cello Suite No 2: Prelude

Mozart - Ah Chi Mi Dice Mai (Don Giovanni)

Miles Davis / Gil Evans / George Gershwin - It Ain't Necessarily So (Porgy and Bess)

Kara Karayev- The Seven Beauties Suite (2nd mvt)

Caroline Shaw - Is a Rose: No 1, The Edge

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor (4th mvt)

Buena Vista Social Club - El cuarto de Tula

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and soprano Seljan Nasibli share the music they love. Their selections include Miles Davis, Karayev, Caroline Shaw and Mozart.

Playlist:

Alim Qasimov Ensemble and Kronos Quartet - Getme, Getme

Bach - Cello Suite No 2: Prelude

Mozart - Ah Chi Mi Dice Mai (Don Giovanni)

Miles Davis / Gil Evans / George Gershwin - It Ain't Necessarily So (Porgy and Bess)

Kara Karayev- The Seven Beauties Suite (2nd mvt)

Caroline Shaw - Is a Rose: No 1, The Edge

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor (4th mvt)

Buena Vista Social Club - El cuarto de Tula

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Merula - Ciacconna and harpsichord improvisation (Il Giardino Armonico)

Kurt Weill arr. Richard Rodney Bennett - It Was Never You (Barbara Thompson, The Medici Quartet)

Dinosaur - Set Free

Sibelius - 5 pieces; no. 1 (Pekka Kuusisto, Heini Karkkainen)

Estrella Morente - La Gazpacha, La Repompa, La Tia Concha

Eddie Sauter - Pan (Stan Getz)

C.P.E. Bach - Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq. 172: II. Largo maestoso (Jean-Guihen Queyras, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5 (Op. 64) in E minor, 4th mvt; Finale (Andante maestoso) (Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky)

Jess Gillam and cellist Sergio Serra share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and cellist Sergio Serra share the music they love, including Estrella Morente, Pekka Kuusisto, Stan Getz and CPE Bach.

Playlist:

Merula - Ciacconna and harpsichord improvisation (Il Giardino Armonico)

Kurt Weill arr. Richard Rodney Bennett - It Was Never You (Barbara Thompson, The Medici Quartet)

Dinosaur - Set Free

Sibelius - 5 pieces; no. 1 (Pekka Kuusisto, Heini Karkkainen)

Estrella Morente - La Gazpacha, La Repompa, La Tia Concha

Eddie Sauter - Pan (Stan Getz)

C.P.E. Bach - Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq. 172: II. Largo maestoso (Jean-Guihen Queyras, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5 (Op. 64) in E minor, 4th mvt; Finale (Andante maestoso) (Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky)

Jess Gillam and cellist Sergio Serra share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Mozart takes us to heavenly plains with his Great Mass, Leroy Anderson plays a typewriter, Max Richter sends us to sleep and we'll hear some heart-wrenching cello playing from Jacqueline du Pr退 in Dvorak's Silent Woods. Plus Jess and Sheku discuss the iconic voices of legends Bob Marley and Nina Simone.

Playlist:

Dvo?ကk - Silent Woods for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5 (Jacqueline du Pr退 - cello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim - conductor)

Sam Cooke - Falling in Love

Mozart - Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' - Kyrie (Barbara Bonney - soprano, Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado - conductor)

Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water (Samantha Ege - piano)

Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter (Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - African Herbsman

Max Richter - Dream 1

Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free (Nina Simone - vocals/piano, Studio Orchestra, Sammy Lowe - conductor)

Jess Gillam and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Ahead of his performance at the 2023 Final Night of the Proms, revisit cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason's chat with Jess Gillam as they share the music they love. First aired August 2021

Mozart takes us to heavenly plains with his Great Mass, Leroy Anderson plays a typewriter, Max Richter sends us to sleep and we'll hear some heart-wrenching cello playing from Jacqueline du Pr退 in Dvorak's Silent Woods. Plus Jess and Sheku discuss the iconic voices of legends Bob Marley and Nina Simone.

Playlist:

Dvo?ကk - Silent Woods for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5 (Jacqueline du Pr退 - cello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim - conductor)

Sam Cooke - Falling in Love

Mozart - Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' - Kyrie (Barbara Bonney - soprano, Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado - conductor)

Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water (Samantha Ege - piano)

Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter (Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - African Herbsman

Max Richter - Dream 1

Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free (Nina Simone - vocals/piano, Studio Orchestra, Sammy Lowe - conductor)

Jess Gillam and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

MORELENBAUM2 & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: Sabia

J S BACH ARR. KODALY: Vater unser im Himmelrich, BWV 762 (Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Herbert Tachezi, organ)

CHOPIN: Polonaise No 7 in A flat, Op 61 (Sviatoslav Richter, piano)

ROBERT DE VISɀE: Sarabande from Suite No 7 in D minor (Thomas Dunford, archlute; Jean Rondeau, harpsichord)

FANNY MENDELSSOHN: Schwanenlied, Op 1 No 1 (Dorothea Craxton, soprano & Babette Dorn, piano + Benjamin Appl, baritone & James Baillieu, piano)

RAVEL: Soupir from 3 Po耀mes de St退phane Mallarm退 (Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano)

DONNY HATHAWAY: A Song for You

BILL EVANS: Emily

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Shivank Menon to talk about their favourite records.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Here's the music we played today...

Ades - Overture from Powder Her Face, suite for orchestra

Mahler - Symphony No.2 'Resurrection', final movement

Meredith Monk - Ellis Island

Zimmermann - Concerto for Trumpet `Nobody knows de trouble I see`

Parcels - Lightenup

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, 4th movement

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.1, 2nd movement

Anna Meredith - Heal You

Jess Gillam swaps tracks with trumpeter Simon H\u00f6fele.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam swaps tracks with the trumpeter Simon H怀fele, from the epic symphonies of Mahler and Shostakovich to reflective Beethoven and the repetitive rhythms of Meredith Monk.

Here's the music we played today...

Ades - Overture from Powder Her Face, suite for orchestra

Mahler - Symphony No.2 'Resurrection', final movement

Meredith Monk - Ellis Island

Zimmermann - Concerto for Trumpet `Nobody knows de trouble I see`

Parcels - Lightenup

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, 4th movement

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.1, 2nd movement

Anna Meredith - Heal You

Jess Gillam swaps tracks with trumpeter Simon H\u00f6fele.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Stravinksy - Symphony of Psalms, I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine [Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Choir, Pierre Boulez]

Caroline Shaw - Plan & Elevation, I. The Ellipse [Attacca Quartet]

Kate Bush - Nocturn

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, No 2 [Vikingur Olafsson]

Pelle Gunmundsen-Holmgreen - New Ground Green [Kronos Quartet, Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier]

Emitt Rhodes - Somebody Made for Me

Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata K69 [Mark Knoop]

Edward Elgar - Enigma variations, Nimrod [BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Tracks we listened to today:

Verdi - La Traviata, Act 1: 'Sempre libera' (Maria Callas)

Philip Glass - Etude no. 2 for piano (Vikingur Olafsson - piano)

Jeff Buckley - Lilac wine

Schubert - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello Op. 99; II. Andante un poco moso

Handel - Scipione: ‘Scoglio d'immota fronte' (Sandrine Piau)

Nina Simone - Stars (Live at Montreux)

Clara Schumann - Liebst du um Schonheit

Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2, Adagio

Jess and soprano Soraya Mafi share some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess and the soprano Soraya Mafi share some of their favourite tracks, from Verdi to Jeff Buckley.

Tracks we listened to today:

Verdi - La Traviata, Act 1: 'Sempre libera' (Maria Callas)

Philip Glass - Etude no. 2 for piano (Vikingur Olafsson - piano)

Jeff Buckley - Lilac wine

Schubert - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello Op. 99; II. Andante un poco moso

Handel - Scipione: ‘Scoglio d'immota fronte' (Sandrine Piau)

Nina Simone - Stars (Live at Montreux)

Clara Schumann - Liebst du um Schonheit

Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2, Adagio

Jess and soprano Soraya Mafi share some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Debussy - Dances for Harp and Orchestra, L.103:2. Danse profane [Lavinia Meijer, Amsterdam Sinfonietta]

Ben Webster - When I Fall in Love

Steve Reich - Different Trains: America Before the War [Kronos Quartet]

Amy Beach - 4 Sketches - Dreaming [Ambache Chamber Ensemble]

Scott Joplin - Treemonisha: Act 3: A Real Slow Drag [Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers]

Blanck Mass - Chernobyl

Abel Selaocoe - Qhawe/Hero

Beethoven - Symphony No 7 - 2nd movement [Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko]

Saxophonists Jess Gillam and Soweto Kinch share music they both love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Stephanie share music Poulenc, Rachmaninov, the Beach Boys and Doris Day.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam is joined by the conductor and violinist Stephanie Childress, who has been described as a 'seriously exciting (and unnervingly young) talent'. Their musical choices take us from Poulenc to Rachmaninov via the Beach Boys and a Doris Day classic.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in BBC Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year's BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today's most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

~This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Jess and Stephanie share music Poulenc, Rachmaninov, the Beach Boys and Doris Day.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Robert Schumann - Marchenbilder Mvt IV [Nobuko Imai, Martha Argerich (pianos)

Johann Strauss II - Der Fledermaus; Overture [Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera]

Idjah Hadidjah - Aram Bandung

Steve Reich - Mallet Quartet: iii. Fast [Colin Currie group]

Orlando - Blood Orange

Kurt Weill - September Song [Sydney Bechet]

Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel 5

Florence Price arr. W.G. Still - Dance in the Canebrakes i. Nimble Feet [Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen]

Jess Gillam shares music with viola player Stephen Upshaw.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam shares music with viola player Stephen Upshaw

Playlist:

Robert Schumann - Marchenbilder Mvt IV [Nobuko Imai, Martha Argerich (pianos)

Johann Strauss II - Der Fledermaus; Overture [Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera]

Idjah Hadidjah - Aram Bandung

Steve Reich - Mallet Quartet: iii. Fast [Colin Currie group]

Orlando - Blood Orange

Kurt Weill - September Song [Sydney Bechet]

Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel 5

Florence Price arr. W.G. Still - Dance in the Canebrakes i. Nimble Feet [Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen]

Jess Gillam shares music with viola player Stephen Upshaw.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

She brought along to the studio the incredible voice of Millie Jackson, one of Ravel's most beautiful pieces for piano and something nostalgic from the soundtrack to the anime Kiki's Delivery Service. Meanwhile Jess chose some banjo virtuosity by Bela Fleck, a homage to Piazzolla by violinist Gidon Kremer and an elegy by Yoshimatsu.

Playlist:

JOE HISAISHI: A Town with an Ocean View

PIAZZOLLA: Soledad [Gidon Kremer (violin)]

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - 2nd mvt Adagio [Martha Argerich (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)]

MILLIE JACKSON: If You're Not Back in Love by Monday

BELA FLECK/EDGAR MEYER: The B Tune [B退la Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (table), Edgar Meyer (double bass)]

TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU: And Birds are Still - . Op.72 [Manchester Camerata, Sachio Fujioka (conductor)]

COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 - 4th mvt [San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)]

Jess Gillam and violinist Sumina Studer share some of their favourite music.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

VASEN: Silverschottis

GIOVANNI SOLIMA: Il bell'Antonio - tema II [Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)]

MICHAEL THURBER & THE HUNTERTONES: Gigantic Energy

SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR: Violin Concerto in G minor, op.80 - 2nd mvt [Elena Urioste (violin), Chineke! Orchestra, Kevin John Edusei (conductor)]

MARTIN HAYES QUARTET: The Boy In the Gap

JEAN LENOIR: Parlez moi d'amour [Lucienne Boyer (singer)]

BEETHOVEN: Symphony no 2 in D major, op.36 4th mvt ‘Allegro molto' [Vienna Philharmonic, Simon Rattle (conductor)

SAUN & STARR: In the Night

Jess Gillam and violinist Tessa Lark swap some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Tracks we played today...

David Popper - Dance of the Elves, Op. 39 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C major Op 20 No 2; 2nd Movement Capriccio - The London Haydn Quartet

Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight

The Beatles - In My Life

Bela Bartok - 3 Hungarian folksongs from the Csik district - Tom Poster (piano)

St退phane Grappelli - How High The Moon

Michael Kiwanuka - Hard to Say Goodbye

Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthauspassion (BWV.244), Part 1; no.1; Kommt, ihr Tochter [chorus] - Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Jess Gillam is joined by a musical guest to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by viola player Timothy Ridout to share music from Bach to The Beatles via Michael Kiwanuka, Haydn and Bartok.

Tracks we played today...

David Popper - Dance of the Elves, Op. 39 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C major Op 20 No 2; 2nd Movement Capriccio - The London Haydn Quartet

Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight

The Beatles - In My Life

Bela Bartok - 3 Hungarian folksongs from the Csik district - Tom Poster (piano)

St退phane Grappelli - How High The Moon

Michael Kiwanuka - Hard to Say Goodbye

Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthauspassion (BWV.244), Part 1; no.1; Kommt, ihr Tochter [chorus] - Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Jess Gillam is joined by a musical guest to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring - XIV Pt2 le sacrifice: danse sacrale l'Elue [Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti]

Mozart - Die Zauberflote, K.620; Act 2, no.17; Ach, ich fuhl's, es ist verschwunden [Mari Eriksmoen, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend]

Massive Attack - Teardrop

Ibrahim Maalouf - Una Rosa Blanca

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach- Duet for 2 Flutes in E minor, F. 54 [Patrick Gallois (flute), Kazunori Seo (flute)]

Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Lensky's Aria [Janine Jansen (violin), Antonio Pappano (piano)]

Sigrid - Mirror

Janacek - In The Mists; I. Andante [Leif Ove Andsnes]

Jess Gillam and Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Carlo Gesualdo - Ecce vidimus eum, Responsories from 1st Nocturn (The King's Singers)

Four Tops - Bernadette

Paul Hindemith - Kammermusik Op.24 No.1 for 12 instruments (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly)

Henry Purcell - When I am laid in earth, from Act III of Dido and Aeneas (Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev)

Tigran Hamasyan - Ancient Observer

Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma - Your Coffee is a Disaster

Keeno - Nocturne

Giuseppe Verdi - Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore (Choir and Orchestra of la Scala, Milan, Riccardo Muti)

Jess Gillam and composer Toby Young talk about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Keith Jarrett - Book of Ways 4

Igor Stravinsky - Infernal Dance from The Firebird (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No 3 in D minor - Part 2 (4th mvt) (Christa Ludwig / New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein)

J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria (Murray Perahia)

Ross Edwards - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1st mvt) (Dennis Hennig / Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Myer Fredman)

big dog little dog - Panorama

Elton John - Idol

Robert Schumann - Concert Piece for 4 Horns & Orchestra, Op 86 (1st mvt) (Markus Maskuniitty / Martin Sch怀pfer / Kristofer րberg / M　nica

Berenguer Caro / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo)

Jess Gillam is joined by composer and pianist Tom Donald to swap tracks they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Tom and Jess load up the This Classical Life jukebox with the music they love, including some glorious Handel performed by Alison Balsom and Iestyn Davies, a twisted orchestral tale by Berlioz, a toe tapper by Ella Fitzgerald and something joyous by Joe Hisaishi from My Neighbour Totoro.

Plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.

Jess talks to and swaps favourite music with the pianist Tom Poster

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess is joined by the pianist Tom Poster to swap some of the music they love the most, including Berlioz and Handel, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Hisaishi and a horn concerto by Neruda.

Playlist:

Dvorak - Symphony No.8, 3rd movement (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion (from Toys in the Attic)

Piazzolla - Night Club 1960 (from Histoire du Tango) (Astoria)

Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A minor (arr. trumpet) (Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble)

Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde, 1st movement; Das Trinklied vom jammer der Erde (Jonas Kaufmann, Jonathan Nott, Vienna Philharmonic)

George Walker - Hoopla (A Touch of Glee) (Sinfonia Varsova, Ian Hobson)

Electric Light Orchestra - The Whale (from Out of the Blue)

JS Bach - Fugue in D# minor, BWV 853 (from Well Tempered Clavier Book 1) (Edward Aldwell, piano)

Jess Gillam and pianist Tom Weaver share some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Vivi is sharing the crazy time signatures of young jazz piano wizard Jesus Molina, traditional Bulgarian music and a Tchaikovsky waltz in 5/4! Jess is offering up the raw emotion of Anna Clyne, Alison Russell and Vikingur Olaffson playing Kaldal　ns's Ave Maria on an upright piano.

Playlist:

Anna Clyne - Shorthand [The Knights]

Eva Quartet - Kalina Moma

Sigvaldi Kaldal　ns - Ave Maria (arr. Olaffson) [Vikingur Olaffson - piano]

Jesus Molina - Night in Tunisia

CPE Bach - Symphony in D Major [The English Concert, Andrew Manze]

Alison Russell - Nightflyer

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Path退tique); II. Allegro con grazia [Kirill Petrenko, Berlin Philharmonic]

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op.44; I. Allegro brillante (Jerusalem Quartet and Alexander Melnikov)

Woodkid - Iron

Brahms - Symphony no. 3 (Op.90) in F major, 3rd movement; Poco allegretto (Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Daniel Harding)

Joby Talbot - Ink Dark Moon; III. Allegro vigoroso (Milos, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ben Gernon)

Stevie Wonder - Ebony Eyes

Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E minor from Book 1 No. 10 BWV 855 (Andrကs Schiff)

Handel - Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2 'Lascia ch'io pianga' (Magdalena Kozena, Venice Baroque Orchestra, conductor Andrea Marcon)

Ferde Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset (Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin)

Jess Gillam talks to pianist Zeynep \u00d6zsuca.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played - .

Copland - Appalachian Spring: Allegro (Leonard Bernstein, New York Phil)

Erroll Garner - Misty (Johnny Mathis)

Pulp - Common People

Verdi - Don Carlos: 'O Carlo, ascolta' from Act IV Scene 2 (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, BBC Welsh SO, Richard Armstrong, recorded at 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World final)

Interpol - Untitled (from Turn on the Bright Lights)

John Rutter - What sweeter music (Choir of King's College Cambridge Stephen Cleobury, Robert Quinney (organ)

Lani Alo - Alo i ou faiva (Lani Alo and Livingston Efu)

Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto in D Minor: III. Finale (Mischa Cheung and Yulia Miloslavaskaya (pianos), Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra, Sergey Simakov)

Jess Gillam and baritone Benson Wilson share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played...

Wagner - Gotterdammerung, WWV 86D / Act 3: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti)

Ibert - The Deserted House (Peter Katin)

Mercedes Sosa - Gracias A La Vida

Frank Waxman A Place in the Sun - Suite (London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams)

Lankum - The Wild Rover

G怀ran Fr怀st - (Martin Fr怀st, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra)

Deep Listening Band - Lear (Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis)

The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon

Jess Gillam talks to contralto Jess Dandy about the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha was the winner of the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2021 and is a current BBC New Generation Artist. She's brought a track from iconic South African artist Miriam Makeba and Maria Callas singing a prayer from Verdi's Otello, and Jess has picked a dance of death from Saint-Saens and jazz from Charlie ‘Bird' Parker.

PLAYLIST:

MAHALIA JACKSON– If I Can Help Somebody

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS – Danse macabre, Op 40 [Luben Yordandoff (violin), Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim (cond)]

GIUSEPPE VERDI – Ave Maria (Otello: Act 4) [Maria Callas (sop), Orchestre de la Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno (cond)]

HENRY PURCELL – Music for a While (Oedipus, Z 583) [Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass)]

MIRIAM MAKEBA – The Click Song

JIMMY MCHUGH/DOROTHY FIELDS– Don't Blame Me (Live) [Charlie Parker Quintet]

DOMENICO CIMAROSA – Sonata No 42 in D minor, arr Ólafsson [Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)]

VINCENZO BELLINI – Mira, O Norma (Norma) [Joan Sutherland (sop), Montserrat Caballé (sop), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge]

Produced by Rachel Gill

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha share their favourite tracks, including music by Miriam Makeba, Verdi and Saint-Saëns.

Jess Gillam talks to a guest about their classical life.

This we we played...

Debussy -Jardins sous la pluie (Jean-Yves Thibaudet)

Brad Medlhau - When it Rains

Origamibiro - Vitreous detachment

Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major Op.19: II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo (Hilary Hahn, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franc)

Schubert - String Quintet in C Major, D.956; II. Adagio (Quatuor Ebene, Gautier Capucon)

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

John Williams - Hedwig's Theme (London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams)

Radiohead - Reckoner

Jess Gillam and composer Poppy Ackroyd share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played:

Vivaldi - Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727; ‘Se in ogni guardo' (Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi)

Mahler - Totenfeier (OAE, Vladimir Jurowski)

Miles Davis/Bill Evans - Blue in Green (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Francaix - Petit Quartour 1. Gaguenardise (John Harle, Glenn Martin, David Roach, Andrew Findon)

Samthing Soweto (feat. Mzansi Youth Choir) - The Danko! Medley

Chopin - Nocturne for piano (Op.posth) in C sharp minor [1830] (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

Mozart - String quartet No.19 K465 `Dissonance`; 1. Adagio - Allegro (Emerson String Quartet)

Jess Gillam talks to pianist and composer Rosey Chan about the music that they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Johann Bernhard Bach - Ouverture from Suite in E Minor (L'Acheron, Francois Joubert-Caillet)

Joby Talbot - Transit of Venus (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Christopher Austin)

Michel Legrand -Windmills of your mind (Take 6)

Johannes Brahms - Cello sonata no. 1 in E minor Op. 38: 1st mvt Allegor non troppo (Truls Mork , cello; Juhani Lagerspetz, piano)

Ugis Praulins - The Nightingale: Tableau VII ‘The Artificial Bird' (Danish National Vocal Ensemble; Michala Petri, recorder; Stephen Layton, director)

Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at

Antonio Sartorio - Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Aria, Quando voglio (Anna Prohaska, soprano; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, director)

Maurice Ravel - Concerto in G Major, 1st mvt Allegramente (Martha Argerich, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor)

Jess Gillam meets recorder player Tabea Debus to share music they both love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam and recorder player Tabea Debus have a virtual lockdown listening party to share the music they love, including Take 6, Joby Talbot, and Johann Bernhard Bach.

Playlist:

Johann Bernhard Bach - Ouverture from Suite in E Minor (L'Acheron, Francois Joubert-Caillet)

Joby Talbot - Transit of Venus (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Christopher Austin)

Michel Legrand -Windmills of your mind (Take 6)

Johannes Brahms - Cello sonata no. 1 in E minor Op. 38: 1st mvt Allegor non troppo (Truls Mork , cello; Juhani Lagerspetz, piano)

Ugis Praulins - The Nightingale: Tableau VII ‘The Artificial Bird' (Danish National Vocal Ensemble; Michala Petri, recorder; Stephen Layton, director)

Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at

Antonio Sartorio - Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Aria, Quando voglio (Anna Prohaska, soprano; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, director)

Maurice Ravel - Concerto in G Major, 1st mvt Allegramente (Martha Argerich, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor)

Jess Gillam meets recorder player Tabea Debus to share music they both love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Playlist:

Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife (Live in Berlin)

Debussy - La Damoiselle 退lue (Vikingur Olafsson)

George Lewis - Anthem (Wet Ink Ensemble)

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt)

Rodriguez - Cause

Poulenc - C'est ainsi que tu es (M退tamorphoses; No.2)

Bart　k - Bluebeard's Castle: Door 6

Charlie Chaplin - Smile (Nat King Cole)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Today we played:

Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues (Oscar Peterson (Piano), Ray Brown (Double Bass), Ed Thigpen (Drums))

Bernstein - Rumble From West Side Story (Studio Orchestra, Johhny Green)

Bach - Ich Habe Genug Bwv 82 No.1 : Aria ‘Ich Habe Genug‘ (Hans Hotter (Bass-Baritone), Geraint Jones (Organ), Sidney Sutcliffe (Oboe), Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Bernard)

Nitin Sawney - Broken Skin

Elgar - Symphony No. 1 In A Flat Op. 55 3rd Mvt Adagio (Sir George Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra)

Michael Nyman - Chasing Sheep Best Left To Shepherds (Michael Nyman Band)

Billy Joel - And So It Goes

Eric Whitacre - The Seal Lullaby (The Eric Whitacre Singers)

Jess Gillam and opera singer William Thomas share the music they love.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Vivaldi: Third movement from The Four Season: Summer

Sibelius: Finlandia

Lauri Porra: Flyover (excerpt) /Abeyance, from Flyover Symphony

Lauri Porra: Abeyance

Matteis: Alia Fantasia

Hannah Peel: Signals

Max Richter: On the Nature of Daylight

Bach arr Lauri Porra: Minuet in G

Anna Clyne: Masquerade

Lauri Porra: The Gift of Letting Go (world premiere)

John Harle: RANT

Lauri Porra: Music for a Rainy Day

Jess Gillam presents a live edition of This Classical Life with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Recorded in May with an audience at the Old Woollen, at Sunny Bank Mills in Leeds, Jess is joined by conductor Ellie Slorach, the strings of the BBC Philharmonic and three special guests - soprano Heloise Werner, composer Erland Cooper and pianist-composer Belle Chen - for a lively celebration of music from Bartok to Bjork.

Milhaud: Brazileira from Scaramouche

Isobel Waller-Bridge: Arise

Strozzi: Che si puo fare (arr. Richard Birchall)

Heloise Werner: Unspecified Intentions (arr. for string orchestra by Heloise Werner & Colin Alexander)

Elena Kats-Chernin: Zoom and Zip

Marcello: Oboe Concerto, 3rd Movement

Erland Cooper: Music For Growing Flowers

Erland Cooper: Rousay

Erland Cooper (after Peter Maxwell Davies): Haar Variation

Bjork: Venus as a Boy (arr. John Metcalf)

Bartok: Divertimento for Strings, 1st movement

Belle Chen: Moon-Spotting 4

Belle Chen: Papaya Tree Suite

Grieg: Rigaudon from Holberg Suite

Jess Gillam (presenter/saxophone)

Heloise Werner (soprano)

Erland Cooper (piano)

Belle Chen (piano/electronics)

Ellie Slorach (conductor)

~This Classical Life: Live returns on Sunday 10th July, with the BBC Concert Orchestra and special guests, recorded in June at Alexandra Palace.

Listen to over 100 episodes of This Classical Life on BBC Sounds.

Recorded at the Old Woollen in Leeds, with Jess Gillam and the BBC Philharmonic.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Recorded in June with an audience in the majestic old Victorian theatre space at Alexandra Palace, North London, Jess is joined by conductor Jonathan Bloxham, the BBC Concert Orchestra and four special guests - soprano Ella Taylor, composer Cassie Kinoshi, trumpeter Simon H怀fele and Alexis Taylor from synthpop band Hot Chip - for an evening of eclectic music that includes Mozart, Arvo P䀀rt, Miles Davis, Errollyn Wallen and John Williams.

Recorded Tuesday 21st June 2022, Alexandra Palace, London.

Milhaud ‘Brazileira' from Scaramouche

Shostakovich Festive Overture

Stravinsky ‘No Word from Tom' from The Rake's Progress

Mozart ‘Come scoglio' from Cos쀀 fan tutti

Arvo P䀀rt Swansong (UK premiere of 2021 version)

Errollyn Wallen Photography (1st mvt)

Cassie Kinoshi Solaristic Precepts

Alexis Taylor A Hit Song; Strange Strings (arr. Emma Smith & Richard Jones)

Hummel Rondo (3rd mvt) from Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

Rodrigo, arr. Miles Davis/Gil Evans Adagio (2nd mvt) from Concierto de Aranjuez (from the album Sketches of Spain)

John Williams - Closing In (from Escapades)

Jess Gillam (presenter/saxophone)

Ella Taylor (soprano)

Simon H怀fele (trumpet)

Alexis Taylor (singer)

Jonny Lam (pedal steel guitar)

Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)

Listen to over 100 episodes of This Classical Life on BBC Sounds.

Recorded at Alexandra Palace, with Jess Gillam and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.